{"id":1114,"date":"2022-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-18T08:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T06:48:16","slug":"importance-of-geographic-redundancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/importance-of-geographic-redundancy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Important Is Geographic Redundancy To Your Domain Name Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The geographic redundancy of a domain name server (DNS), also referred to as DNS geo-redundancy, forms part of a company\u2019s continuity. In other words, if your company is serious about limiting any downtime and disruptions regarding your hosting, perhaps due to a power outage or other challenges, geo-redundancy will be a pressing matter to prioritise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not really sure what a DNS has to do with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/domain-registration\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za - Register Domains\" title=\"Domains.co.za - Register Domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain name<\/a> or hosting? Let\u2019s take a few steps back to explain the relevance a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h4>TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/h4><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#what-is-a-domain-name-server-dns\">What is a Domain Name Server (DNS)?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-does-redundancy-mean-in-web-hosting\">What does Redundancy mean in Web Hosting?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-is-geo-redundancy\">What is Geographic Redundancy (Geo-redundancy)?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-to-choose-the-right-web-hosting-plan\">How to Choose the Right Web Hosting Plan for Your Website<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-domain-name-server-dns\">What is a Domain Name Server (DNS)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A domain name is a short name that humans can remember and relate to. However, computers and the internet talk in IP address lingo. A domain name server (DNS) is the system used to translate domain names into IP addresses. Whenever someone tries to access your website, the DNS of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za - Home Page\" title=\"Domains.co.za - Home Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company you host with <\/a>will point them to the right address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/web-hosting-south-africa\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za - Web Hosting\" title=\"Domains.co.za - Web Hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/images\/kb\/header-web-hosting.png\" alt=\"Domains.co.za - Web Hosting South Africa Blog: Importance of Geographic Redundancy To Domain Name Server\" title=\"Link to Domains.co.za - Web Hosting South Africa\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-does-redundancy-mean-in-web-hosting\">What does Redundancy mean in Web Hosting?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word redundancy in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/web-hosting-south-africa\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za - Web Hosting\" title=\"Domains.co.za - Web Hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web hosting <\/a>has nothing to do with the actual word \u2018redundancy\u2019 as in the English language, meaning \u201cnot useful or needed\u201d. In fact, it <strong>means quite the opposite<\/strong>. Web hosting redundancy, means a proactive plan to prevent any system\u2019s failure; an \u201calways on\u201d approach to your hosting in other words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-geo-redundancy\">What is Geographic Redundancy (Geo-redundancy)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Bad\u2019 things can happen. Power outages, or natural disasters, can cause data centres (where domain name servers are hosted) to experience downtime. DNS geo-redundancy means that a hosting company has had the foresight to implement multiple domain name servers in various other geographic locations, which will ensure that should one DNS fail, the system will failover (automatically switch over) to the next DNS location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, the DNS records will continue to work irrespective of the challenges a particular data centre may be experiencing, and your hosting won\u2019t experience any downtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <strong>Domains.co.za<\/strong> we realise that downtime can have a ripple effect on business productivity and customer satisfaction. That\u2019s why we have four domain name servers hosted in various local and international geographical locations. Two of these are hosted in Johannesburg, one in Cape Town and the fourth in London. In offering <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domain_Name_System\" alt=\"Link to Wikipedia - Domain Name System - DNS\" title=\"Wikipedia - Domain Name System - DNS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS<\/a> geo-redundancy to our hosting customers, we can ensure minimising any hosting-related disruption in any online business processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about Domains.co.za hosting in our Blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/10-reasons-to-choose-domains-co-za\/\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za Blog - Best Hosting in South Africa - 10 Reasons to Choose Domains.co.za\" title=\"Domains.co.za - Best Hosting in South Africa - 10 Reasons to Choose Domains.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Best Hosting in South Africa &#8211; 10 Reasons to Choose Domains.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-choose-the-right-web-hosting-plan\">How to Choose the Right Web Hosting Plan for Your Website<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>VIDEO:<\/strong>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3IzK1yuOFRc\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za - How to Choose the Right Web Hosting Plan for Your Website\" title=\"Domains.co.za - How to Choose the Right Web Hosting Plan for Your Website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Choose the Right Web Hosting Plan for Your Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3IzK1yuOFRc\" alt=\"Domains.co.za YouTube - How to Choose the Right Web Hosting Plan for Your Website\" title=\"Domains.co.za YouTube - How to Choose the Right Web Hosting Plan for Your Website\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The geographic redundancy of a domain name server (DNS), also referred to as DNS geo-redundancy, forms part of a company\u2019s continuity. In other words, if your company is serious about limiting any downtime and disruptions regarding your hosting, perhaps due to a power outage or other challenges, geo-redundancy will be a pressing matter to prioritise. Not really sure what a DNS has to do with your domain name or hosting? Let\u2019s take a few steps back to explain the relevance a little. What is a Domain Name Server (DNS)?What does Redundancy mean in Web Hosting?What is Geographic Redundancy (Geo-redundancy)?How to Choose the Right Web Hosting Plan for Your Website What is a Domain Name Server (DNS)? 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