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		moviuro on May 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: Don't put your status page on the same do... What about DNS? If DNS is down for myapp.com, it will also be down for status.myapp.com

supermatt on May 10, 2021 [–]

You use multiple DNS servers for the domain - a common practice. (Its actually mandatory to have 2 which resolve to a different IP, but in reality this doesn't make them distinct servers, hence why i say "common" instead of "universal").

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