jshen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Joe Shen") writes: > To my understanding, Per-Packet Load Balancing works only in situation > all DNS servers installed behind the same router, and it CAN NOT > guarantee sequencing of TCP packets. yup. > The first problem of PPLB is , it could not be implemented for a server > farm which distributes across internet, and the only thing it does is > replacing traditional load balancer with router. yup. > The third, ECMP in current DNS server farm guarantees both per-packet > load balancing in UDP traffic and per-flow distribution in TCP traffic. > Considering distributing DNS server across multiple AS, I think the > advange is obvious than PPLB. yup. > ps. where can I find detailed information on Root server GTLD server > configuration ( hardware , software, and network infrastructure)? > I just know they use anycast but how they choose system > platform? i don't know what the gtld servers are doing. but f-root's configuration is outlined at <http://www.isc.org/pubs/tn/>, read ISC-TN-2003-1 and ISC-TN-2004-1. also <http://www.isc.org/ops/f-root/>. -- Paul Vixie _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf