Google DNS Benchmarked
December 7th, 2009Tags: DNS, google, opendns, plus.net, skyeasynet
Categories: Internet, Linux
Last week, Google made a couple of public DNS servers available to the general public. The claim was Google’s DNS was much faster than any DNS servers available to date. Andrew Brampton ran a series of tests to determine if this claim was indeed true. He tested Google’s DNS against OpenDNS, Sky/Easynet and Plus.net domain name servers. His findings were indeed interesting.
He found that OpenDNS is still faster than Google’s DNS servers, but Google’s DNS is faster than Sky/Easynet and Plus.net. In the meantime, I’ve already set my DNS servers to Google’s. I will probable leave it there since we are only talking microseconds here. Like Andrew’s conclusions, I expect Google’s servers to be optimized and tuned in the near future. It will only get better.
I’m using google DNS and it is very good for me
Now, I will look OpenDNS :] Thx fo the info.
A novice here: what is the significance of DNS servers for my business’ website?
Hi Greg, Every time your clients browse the web and access your website, behind the scenes, each client computer talks to their DNS servers, most likely their ISP. They obtain the IP address of your server and establishes communication. Now, for the most part, the DNS delays are negligible. If delays are significant, one of the things each user can do is to use an alternate DNS server such as OpenDNS or Google’s DNS servers. Having a fast DNS helps browsing a faster experience.