Anycast DNS

A user-friendly and effective service for hosting DNS zones on several DNS hubs using a single IP address..

What is it?

When addressing any internet website, the user request is sent primarily to the DNS system to determine exactly where the site is located. The more DNS servers know about the site address, the faster the request processing speed, and the closer the DNS server is to the user, the faster the browser will complete the request and open the website.

Anycast DNS is a service for hosting a customer's DNS zones on several geographically distributed DNS hubs.

Who is it for?

Fast DNS hosting is in demand by businesses where delays and service availability are critical: online retail, video games, media, online cinemas, and SaaS.

Load time affects user experience and SEO, and ultimately a businesses’ commercial success.

Distributed geography and use of the Anycast service reduces response time and provides superior availability.

What is required to use the service?

To enjoy Anycast DNS, you must enter into an agreement with MSK-IX and host domain zones.

How does it work?

Anycast is a packet distribution method that allows a device to send data to the closest recipient in the group. This method is used on the internet to improve response times and load balance servers.

Anycast DNS service is a DNS service built onto several Anycast hubs located in different parts of the internet. Anycast DNS Service performance is not dependent on the performance of an individual Anycast host.

Wide geography of points of presence and redundancy at the network and application levels provide excellent fault tolerance.

To make it more user-friendly, the Anycast DNS service provides a DNS zone editor with the ability to download a list of domains from external sources.