2.3. New Functionality in Windows Server 2008 DNS
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 has improved their version of DNS in many different ways. This section covers this new functionality. Here are some of the new DNS features we will discuss:
Background zone loading
Support for TCP/IP version 6 (IPv6)
Read-only domain controllers
GlobalName zone
2.3.1. Background Zone Loading
If an organization had to restart a DNS server with an extremely large Active Directory Integrated DNS zones database in the past, DNS had a common problem with an Active Directory Integrated DNS zone. After the DNS restart, it could take hours for DNS data to be retrieved from Active Directory. During this time, the DNS server was unable to service any client requests.
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