I setup 4 DNS servers on Monday using RamNode and BuyVM, and have been monitoring the performance of them since then. I am running PowerDNS with MySQL backends, replicated from the Atlanta node to all other nodes using MySQL master-slave replication. Additionally, the Atlanta node is running Poweradmin.

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I noticed this today when I was updating Java. This kind of additional software doesn't belong in Java, let alone updates for Java. I realize that Java is free, however it's an essential piece of software maintained by a company that otherwise makes billions of dollars a year.

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