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Although still a novice, I have been using Plesk on a couple of VPS servers for a while now, building a few basic websites which I've managed to muddle my way through.
However, there are a few fundamental things about DNS which I can't quite get my head around and can never find simple explanations for. Whenever I purchase a domain I currently leave its Nameservers with the registrar and set a DNS A Record to point to my VPS. I've read that it's best to do this because changing the Nameservers to my VPS would use up extra resources? But, I can never quite work out the correct way to do things from there. So, could some kind soul answer me these simple questions:
1) Should I leave NS with the registrar and point an A record to my VPS IP?
2) If so, what about the other DNS records? Do I change those with the domain registrar or on the VPS via Plesk?
I'm currently using Plesk v11.0.09 on a Windows server.
Thanks
Scott
Although still a novice, I have been using Plesk on a couple of VPS servers for a while now, building a few basic websites which I've managed to muddle my way through.
However, there are a few fundamental things about DNS which I can't quite get my head around and can never find simple explanations for. Whenever I purchase a domain I currently leave its Nameservers with the registrar and set a DNS A Record to point to my VPS. I've read that it's best to do this because changing the Nameservers to my VPS would use up extra resources? But, I can never quite work out the correct way to do things from there. So, could some kind soul answer me these simple questions:
1) Should I leave NS with the registrar and point an A record to my VPS IP?
2) If so, what about the other DNS records? Do I change those with the domain registrar or on the VPS via Plesk?
I'm currently using Plesk v11.0.09 on a Windows server.
Thanks
Scott
