From cfda57ac61b36c4e9a99845d8ef57fb93fd59638 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Austin Songer Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:54:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added Answers to DNS and Security Questions --- README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cc0d44e..93db462 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5554,6 +5554,11 @@ This allows Elasticsearch to scale to an entire cluster of servers.
Explain Replicas
+ +In a network/cloud environment where failures can be expected any time, it is very useful and highly recommended to have a failover mechanism in case a shard/node somehow goes offline or disappears for whatever reason. +To this end, Elasticsearch allows you to make one or more copies of your index’s shards into what are called replica shards, or replicas for short. + +
@@ -5675,6 +5680,10 @@ In general the process is as follows:
What is a A record?
+ + +A (Address) Maps a host name to an IP address. When a computer has multiple adapter cards and IP addresses, it should have multiple address records. +
@@ -5689,6 +5698,8 @@ While an A record points a domain name to an IP address, a PTR record does the o
What is a MX record?
+MX (Mail Exchange) Specifies a mail exchange server for the domain, which allows mail to be delivered to the correct mail servers in the domain. +