Hi I am about to look at a joint venture with another party, they will be providing some bespoke .ASP code for the main site, however I want to run Vbulletin on a sub domain, I understand that the two code bases are not strictly compatible on the same server, is it possible to point a sub-domain to a different server capable of running Vbulletin safely? Thanks in advance.
yes, it is possible to point the subdomain to the different server. Suppose, if you want to point sub.domain.com to the server 1.2.3.4 then you need to add the subdomain to the destination server and then setup the A record in your DNS server A sub 1.2.3.4
Yes, it is possible. Just host your sub-domain on new server and then add A record for your sub-domain in the DNS zone of your main domain. Kailash
just in case you are new to A records. this would be a line to add to your NS file subdomain.yoursite.com. IN A 111.222.333.444 adapt site name and IP to your needs update serial number of NS that's it BTW having different TYPES of traffic on different servers may be a good security option as it allows you to tighten/limit security according to precise needs by particular software. it also allows you to keep login related content like forum out of general server stuff in addition subdomains on different servers may be used instead of load balancing to spread traffic across several machines / drives / CPUs