DNS Still using DNSmadeeasy?

Yeah for non-geodns I use DNSMadeEasy for important domains and for other test domains or not so important use Cloudflare DNS for testing.

GeoDNS, Amazon Route53 still for important domains and for unimportant/test domains for GeoDNS use Constellix

 

see AWS | Amazon Route 53 | Pricing

• I assume you mean IPv4/6 failover 2x IPs means primary and secondary ips for 2 domains, so 2 health checks for primary ip with failover to secondary ip ? basic health check is 30s interval and fast interval is 10s interval so $0.75/check/month for basic and $2/check/month for fast interval. So 2x $0.75 for basic = $1.50/month or 2x $2 fast interval = $4/month
• 2x600k queries std = 1.2 million = 1.2x $0.40 = $0.48
• 2 domain zones = $0.50 first + $0.10 2nd = $0.60
• so between $2.58/month to $5.08/month for basic or fast interval health checks

 

cost wise.. only domains needing GeoDNS use Route53

 

yup business package + 1 additional failover dns record (needed 4)

affiliate link at https://centminmod.com/dnsmadeeasy

 

not sure i understand what you're asking ? health checks are per DNS records not per DNS zone.

So if you need failover and heathcheck on domain.com DNS A record you would specify up to 4 additional location ip failovers in monitoring/failover section

this is just for domain.com DNS A record



i can setup failover for blog.domain.com DNS A record separately as it's per DNS record not DNS zone

So if you used DNS round robin with domain.com with 2 DNS A records, you'd set failover monitor on each DNS A record

see DNS Failover - Welcome to DNS Made Easy TutorialsWelcome to DNS Made Easy Tutorials

oh, i think you're after Configure DNS Failover with Round Robin - Welcome to DNS Made Easy TutorialsWelcome to DNS Made Easy Tutorials ?

 

true, but that's how DME makes more $$$

though in my case, you could have subdomains off different servers so failover monitor is uniquely for each dns record where main domain and subdomain have different primary IPs/servers

 

Constellix is going to start charging soon based on Constellix | DNS Pricing

my April 2017 would look like for 2 domains with one with GeoDNS enabled dns



This is relative to DNSMadeEasy GeoDNS cost at US$660/yr per domain and currently what I am paying for 6 domains with 2x Geo Latency based at AWS Route53 at ~ US$23/month with ~2.6 million dns queries

Based on rough calculation of my actual usage, Constellix GeoDNS vs AWS Route53 Geo Latency would be US$21 vs US$23 per month hehe

Constellix is faster for DNS and for GeoDNS has more finer grain control down to per city direction of traffic so useful if you use non-AWS region server origins i.e Dallas, TX doesn't have an end point in AWS Route53 if you also use Geo Latency based DNS (instead of GeoDNS) while Constellix I can fine tune traffic to be directed to Dallas, TX server for users close to that location via Geo Proximity zone/filters.

Switching from AWS Route53 to Constellix DNS might be a bit tricky as no dns provider supports AWS Route53 advanced dns records like failover or geo dns/geo latency Import Domains with API Key - Constellix Knowledgebase

 

Weird first I heard of such. When I had a trial, it was a real 30 day trial. What changes to service and usage exact will not take effect ? What did you change or enable feature wise if any ?

 

strange then as their trial page stats all products except mail are included in trial Get Started | DNS Made Easy



you might want to contact billing to see if it's an error and ask why you were charged

 

Glad to hear. Shame you had a bad experience with them as they are an excellent DNS provider and I still have my account and some domains with them