How low should the TTL be set to for my A or AAAA record when using DNS Failover?

When you have created a DNS Failover pool and have assigned it to an ‘A’ or ‘AAAA’ record, you want the flexibility to switch back and forth between the available servers during outages. To best accomplish this, we highly recommend decreasing the TTL value for that particular DNS record to the lowest allowable setting of […]

Resource Record Types

Total Uptime’s Cloud DNS Service supports 27 different DNS resource record types. That includes 26 standard record types and 1 special web-redirect type that we’ve created. Below is a comprehensive list of each record type which you can find in the Cloud DNS management interface. DNS SOA Record This is the “Start of Authority” resource […]

Domains Tab

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! Customers who subscribe to the Cloud DNS service will see the Cloud DNS main tab and this domains sub-tab. There are four main sections as shown above: 1. Main Toolbar The main toolbar is used to […]

Version 3.4 of our Cloud Platform released

Version 3.4 of our Cloud Platform was released on March 16, 2014. It includes a significant number of new features and enhancements as well as bug fixes. Below is a complete rundown of the changes you’ll see today. New General System/Account Features: Password Reset: Previously, if a user forgot their password and did not have a […]

Version 3.2 of our Cloud Platform released

Version 3.2 of our Cloud Platform was released today. It has been many months since we’ve released a number of changes, but these are significant and not only include a list of bugs but a number of new features as well. Here is a list of the most significant updates you’ll see: SOA RECORD: When creating […]

Notable Network and Cloud Outages of 2021

There are hundreds of cloud and network provider outages every week, more than anyone ever realizes. To help convey the sheer volume of cloud provider and network provider outages, we’ve compiled this running post of the most notable ones in 2021 so far with a primary focus on North American providers, but coverage across the […]

How Fast is DNS Failover?

We’re often asked how quickly an ‘A’ or ‘AAAA’ record controlled by a DNS Failover pool can update across the internet. TLDR: 2.5 minutes is about as fast as it can go. If you’re curious how we came up with this number, here’s the backstory on how it all works. DNS Failover update speed is […]

How to Enable HTTP/2 Support

Enabling HTTP/2 support is quite easy in the Total Uptime ADC-as-a-Service platform. In fact, if you’ve deployed SSL within the last few years, then HTTP/2 support is probably already active and ready to go on your packs in addition to HTTP/1.1. In this article we’ll discuss a little bit about the history and benefits of […]

How to Implement Connection Rate Limiting

Total Uptime offers an array of granular connection rate limiting options to protect almost any application type. Our advanced rate limit options can protect you at layer 7 to ensure your applications are always available to legitimate users. Best of all, it can be customized on a per-port basis. Rate limiting is available for ADC-as-a-Service […]