Re: DNS Subdomain Vs Delegation

"pennino" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> prattled ceaslessly in
news:03eb01c54597$a66285a0$a401280a@xxxxxxx:

> Hello,
>
> can anybody tell me what is the difference between
> creating a subdomain or a delegation to a primary zone on
> the same server ? What I mean is:
>
> domain: example.com on server1 (primary zone)
>
> 1) create subdomain "dev.example.com" on server1.
> 2) create new primary zone "dev.example.com" on server1.
> Create delegation under "example.com" on server1 that
> points to itself. (windows does this automatically if I
> create a new zone that has the same root domain as a
> primary zone)
>
> As far as I understand, the only difference is that in
> the second example I can replicate the domain and the
> subdomain independently when using standard zone
> transfers. What do you usually do in a production
> environent ?
>
> Thank you.
>

The delegation option is for moving the subdomain zone to a different
server and/or location. This way you can also delegate administration of
the zone. An example would be where you had several subdomains in
different locations where each has its own DNS adminstrator.

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