What is Failover? February 24, 2025 17:26 Failover is a DNS record configuration that automatically updates records based on resource availability. Meaning, if you have a record that points www.yourdomain.com to the IP address 120.0.0.1 and has failover enabled; if 120.0.0.1 is unavailable, the IP address will be updated to a preconfigured backup IP address. The backup IP address is only used if the primary is unavailable and the backup is available. DNS Made Easy uses integrated system monitoring to routinely check the availability of the IP addresses in your records. Related articles HTTP Redirection Record DNS Failover for Web Server How to Set Up DNS Failover Enable Two Factor Authentication