How to specify nameservers when you have two servers for one site. Any ideas?

[azz]

Hi

Does anyone know how to setup or specify nameservers for a single domain when you have two servers with identical content - one server is to act as a back-up incase the other goes down.

Do you use:

(1) ns1.server1.com
(2) ns2.server1.com
(3) ns1.server2.com
(4) ns2.server2.com

or

(1) ns1.server1.com
(2) ns1.server2.com
(3) ns2.server1.com
(4) ns2.server2.com

Any help appreciated!
Thanks

[reddrake]

I think it would be the first one. I am not exactly sure but that looks better then number 2

[perlchild]

Originally posted by reddrake
I think it would be the first one. I am not exactly sure but that looks better then number 2

I'm thinking that it looks better because:[list=1][*]listing them by site/domain first makes more sense(local nameservers queried first, then backups)[*]you may have more or less than two per site, listing them by site makes the list less ragged in that case[*]nameservers not belonging to you shouldn't be put at the top of the list, so listing them #2 out of 4 isn't that good an idea, should you have a trade with another provider for nameservers[/list=1]

[isputra]

How about if i am using only one domain for two server ?

Can i set :
Server 1 :
ns1.server.com
ns2.server.com

Server2 :
ns3.server.com
ns4.server.com