Take the tour ×  I'm a little confused about the difference
between a "secondary name server" and a "slave name server" and
a "primary name server" and a "master name server"    I
understand that a slave name server queries the master and
updates itself based on changes to the master.  What I'm not
sure of is, say I'm setting up 2 name servers:   Should both of
these be setup as "primary and master" and then any secondary
name servers be setup as slaves?  Or should there only be ONE
primary master at any given time, and all other name servers
should be slaves?  I've read a few guides and lots of man pages,
but I haven't come across this issue yet in my reading.  Anyone
have a pointer to a reference for this type of thing?  Or know
what the best practice is for setting up multiple DNS servers?
share|improve this question add comment  2 Answers  Normally you
define one master server and all others are slave servers. You
could order them as being primary and secondary, but I think
this is just a name convention