Alright so I'm trying to link two servers together using cPanel and the clustering feature. Basically I want to be able to host multiple subdomains on different servers... Example: domain.com is on server #1 forums.domain.com is on server #2 and from what I understand the request for forums.domain.com will go through server #1 and get bounced on to server #2 via DNS. The only problem is it isn't working, any ideas? (I have clustering setup correctly according to server #1).
I think you are misunderstanding about what DNS clustering within cPanel is. This does not allow you to span accounts across multiple servers. DNS clustering is used for redundancy, if one DNS server fails, the other will direct you to the site accordingly. You can setup a site to use two servers, as you have in your example above. You would need to ensure that server #2 has an account created on it already with the same domain name as server #1. On server #1's account, you would edit the DNS zone file, and place an A record in for forums.domain.com, which get directed to the other server's IP. Hope that helps, Chris
That helps, but how do major companies use only one pair of name servers for their entire customer base?
That is DNS clustering but in that case both the DNS servers are hosted on 2 different servers separate from the website hosting servers.