Last here at Icethunder.net we talked about how we can make our days even more effective and less stressful in web hosting. I think there is no one out there who did not need to solve some kind of problem with his/her web hosting. It does not need to be a problem with the whole hosting, but only a small problem with one of the many server services possible. A server is many times regarded as the whole big black box. No one really knows how it works, but if it does not work, than the customer gets very angry. But there are ways we [customers] can make our web hosting life much easier. It is called “shifting responsibility” or better “dividing responsibility” between more then one company.
The main theory behind this is, that while using multiple services provider by multiple companies there is only a limited chance they will all be affected by the same kind of problem at the same time. You web server at company X might get into problems, but if you are hosting your email at company Y it does not hit your emails and they still get delivered. There is a loss of course, but it is not a huge one. Thus it is always a good thing to know this concept and decide whether you will be using it or not. It could save you lots of money, time and nerves and your customers could like it too.
Today we will cover the first one and many times the most important one from possible solutions and it is DNS hosting.
DNS – why not to rely solely on the defaults.
A DNS server is a server as is MAIL, WEB or DATABASE servers, but they have all very different duties. the duty of the DNS server is to make sure they point the visitor to the right IP address. It is very often described as “Yellow pages”of the Internet. DNS client [your PC] ask DNS servers if they know where e.g. google.com can be found. Network routers and devices do not know where google.com is, because they only understand the language of IP address. They would be able to tell you where 74.125.43.104 is and get a web page from this IP address if a web server would run on it 
You could use your own DNS servers and set up a VPS to function as one. It can be a cheap way of managing your domain names, but be carefull as DNS server is services and it can get compromised. You nee to secure it and look after it the whole time. I would personally only use such a solution as back up option and leave the DNS responsibility to a bigger and mroe professional company.
The DNS shift options
You can shift the DNS responsibility to a third party service and it can be both easy and for free at the same time. Free DNS providers do provide you with mixed service and it depends on the service itself and the company behind it what level of experience you will get. Another option is to use a paid service and pay monthly or yearly fees to a DNS host. The company takes care of anything and you can rest assured.
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I will dedicate the next article to reviewing some of the most known DNS solution out there. There will be paid and free alternatives reviewed so there is no place for to worry
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