No, sorry. Neither of these features are technically “DNS” features. We are unable to offer shared web hosting or email forwarding, but there are a lot of providers that can offer this type of service for you. Check out Rackspace.com, Softlayer.com or just Google for “shared web hosting” or “virtual servers”. You’ll find what you’re […]
“The website is down again!” That can be pretty frustrating. In the heat of the moment, most of us don’t really care why it is down — we just want back online. But the curious user may want to know more. What could make a web server unreachable? Why do they go down in the […]
According to the FBI, ransomware became a billion dollar industry in 2016. That is right, $1 billion. If ransomware were a legitimate industry, it would be the focus of case studies in every business school in the world as its growth is unprecedented. This growth is attributed to four primary reasons. The amount of money […]
Yes! Total Uptime does provide secure DNS hosting for Federal, State, Municipal and other Government agencies. We fully support the .gov TLD (top level domain) and offer DNSSEC and 2FA security to meet government security requirements with ease. To learn more about our service, you can visit our Government DNS Service page where you will […]
Total Uptime’s DNS Failover automation is a powerful way of increasing availability for any type of web-based service or application that is accessible via multiple IP addresses. Some examples include: An application behind two or more different ISP links Two or more servers at the same or different sites Two or more cloud or hosting […]
Periodically we talk to someone who says something along the lines of: “we don’t need Total Uptime since we moved to the cloud.” A most interesting statement that is simply the result of someone misinformed about the benefits and capabilities of cloud. Does the cloud provide incredible flexibility? Yes! Does it let you provision services […]
Despite whatever bad news you read in this article, we encourage you to remain positive. It’s just human nature to have a curious interest in the calamities of others. So if that’s what gives you your kicks, feel free to enjoy our 2nd annual dispatch on some of the most interesting outages of the past […]
In a recent Computer World article, Technology Business Research shared their prediction for cloud growth in 2015. 33% growth rate for private cloud, 25% growth rate for public cloud and a whopping 50% growth rate for hybrid cloud all when compared to 2014 data. Allan Krans, an Analyst with the firm, stated “There are a lot […]
Here are the steps required to create a SECONDARY DNS zone. Secondary zones allow you to keep your primary DNS hosting at another provider or on another server outside of our network, but increase redundancy by replicating zones to our network so you can add our name servers at your registrar too. Ask your primary […]
Primary DNS with GoDaddy, Secondary with Total Uptime: If you wish to keep your primary DNS hosting at GoDaddy and use Total Uptime DNS for replicating them (secondary DNS), you need to have GoDaddy premium DNS and follow the steps in this article on their website: https://www.godaddy.com/help/enable-secondary-dns-with-godaddy-nameservers-as-primary-nameservers-23910 Primary DNS with Total Uptime, Secondary with […]