1 website, 2 hosts, is it possible?

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Can I have mydomain.com on one host and subdomain.mydomain or mydomain.com/folder on another?
 
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why not.

You have to set a record for the subdomain and point it to another server.

Contact Domain registrar for support. they can do it easily.
 
Yea, just point ur a records for the subdomin.
 
Thanks. You guys mean contact the registrar who happens to be host A to point a subdomain to another host? I mean, what information do I have to get from whom?
 
You should be able to point it yourself. Who is your domain register?
 
GoDaddy, also a host since I have space with them, but it sucks. So the idea was to have a main section of the website with them, another with someone else.
 
I can help you later via team view if you want or just google it, it's really easy.
 
I doubt you can do mydomain.com/folder on a separate host, without a redirect, but apparently you can with subdomain.mydomain.com.

However, I can't figure it out. I created a subdomain at GoDaddy, but there's no other option there, where would I go for setting a record as it was said above?
 
Hi guys, I had no luck. It's not working. I got into the GD cpanel, created a subdomain, pointed to the IP I see in another host's CPanel, gave it time to propagate, but then nothing. To be honest, I'm not even sure what I should see, if that is the IP it should point to, any tips? I'd be happy to Google it, but I'm not sure what I would be looking for...

Thanks for any useful input!
 
You need to have a dedicated IP for the second host and use A Record in host entries at domain registrar to point that subdomain to your dedicated IP.
 
Ah, I didn't get that, I need a dedicated IP...That's too bad.

No alternative, right?
 
That's how I do it and it's easy to get to work. There might be alternatives I am not aware of, but as far as I know you can not have separate nameservers for subdomains.
 
A more logical approach would be load balancing or a CDN. I'm not familiar with any advantages for you to host your subdomain on a different server. If it's for the SEO IP BS you've been reading about, seriously, don't bother is my advice.
 
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