The table below shows a comparison of DNSmanager versions with comments.
| Functionality | DNSmanager 5 | DNSmanager 6 | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| DBMS | SQLite | MySQL | MySQL is better suited to work with large amounts of data with less resource consumption, and has reliable security and authentication features. |
| Interface design | Orion (Classic theme) | Dragon (New theme) | Dragon is the newest theme for ISPsystem products. All new improvements and refinements are available in the Dragon interface. Orion is the classic ISPsystem interface theme. Its development has been stopped and it is no longer supplemented with new options. |
| Interface for managing reverse zones (IPv4, IPv6) |  |  | You can work with individual addresses as well as with networks. |
| Executing commands to PowerDNS | via rc.local | via systemd | DNSmanager 6 uses the standard systemd mechanism to execute commands to PowerDNS, which is more reliable and stable than the rc.local. The rc.local mechanism is obsolete and not suitable for modern operating systems. |
| Whether PowerDNS and BIND are available | PowerDNS, BIND | only PowerDNS | PowerDNS has better performance, more security settings, and a flexible storage and data access architecture. The DNSmanager 6 documentation contains step-by-step instructions for migrating from BIND to PowerDNS, with the migration to a new server and within a single server. Read more in the article Migration from DNSmanager 5 to DNSmanager 6 of DNSmanager 6 documentation. |
| Operating systems (OS) | CentOS 7 x64 | ОС Alma Linux 9 x64 (recommended), CentOS 7 x64, Ubuntu 20.04 x64 | Added current OS compatible with the product. |