Comment on Amazon Route 53 Introduces DNS failoverComments−kamakazizuru13ynoob question - why use load balancing if DNS failover does essentially the same thing?−jread13yDNS failover is subject to DNS caching and TTL. Load balancing is real time. A DNS driven failover may take 1-10 minutes to trigger versus instantaneous for load balancing. Good approach to failover is a combination of both.
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noob question - why use load balancing if DNS failover does essentially the same thing?
DNS failover is subject to DNS caching and TTL. Load balancing is real time. A DNS driven failover may take 1-10 minutes to trigger versus instantaneous for load balancing. Good approach to failover is a combination of both.