What is the difference between SimpleDNS and Traffic Director?

  SimpleDNS Traffic Director Supports various DNS records Supports various DNS records  DNSSEC Protection Multi-layer security to protect entry points Unlimited Records 1K Records are FREE & Additional 1K costs $2.50/month Unlimited Queries Queries – $5/month per million Real-time data reporting  Real-time data reporting API available API available Not support ANAME type records Support ANAME type records Not support Traffic based […]

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How can I view the traffic from my configured health checks?

To check the traffic of a Health Check follow the steps, Go to Traffic Director Click the Manage button of your domain. In the above image, you see the health check status linked to this domain. Click the HEALTH CHECKS button at the top right to get detailed information. On the redirect page, all the health check profiles are listed. […]

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Why should I use Traffic Director?

The Traffic Director is an advanced version of DNS. Most of the DNS providers allow us to create various DNS  records and one-to-one mapping to the records. This means We can only able to point our DNS record to an IP address or a hostname. The Traffic Director offers different types of failure modes and […]

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What is Traffic Director & Health Check?

Our intelligent traffic management service makes it easy to implement a multi-CDN infrastructure that puts you in control of performance and cost. You can simply start with a strategy that directs traffic to the preferred CDN based on the country, state, or ASN (autonomous system number) of your users. Click here to add a domain […]

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Can I use SimpleDNS & Traffic Director together? What are the limitations?

Yes, you can use both together. There are no restrictions. In SimpleDNS, the records and queries are unlimited. The simpleDNS domain charges 1$ per domain.  In the case of the Traffic director, you have to purchase Health Check, additional records, and queries. Domain – $2/month per domain Health Check – $1/month per resource Queries – $5/month per million […]

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Are there any limits on the resources for the Traffic Director?

No, We don’t have any limit in the case of resources. The pricing details are attached below. You can configure the resources as per your requirements. Domain – $2/month per domain Health Check – $1/month per resource Queries – $5/month per million Records – 1K Records are FREE & Additional 1K costs $2.50/month  

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How do you notify in the health check when a server is down?

In the current version, the traffic director only notifies via the 5centsCDN dashboard if a server or health check is down. How to view Health Check statistics? To check the statistics of a Health Check follow the steps, Go to Traffic Director Click the Manage button of your domain. In the above image, you see the health check […]

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How to create TXT record in Traffic Director?

The text (TXT) record is a DNS record type that can include both human and machine-readable information. It normally includes a set of instructions for nameservers or identifying information, such as point-of-contact and general details about a domain or network. TXT records have no specific industry formatting requirements, but they are not designed for large amounts of […]

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