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What `rsync -avz --delete` Actually Does

A lot of people paste rsync -avz --delete into a deploy script and move on without ever unpacking what each letter means. It works, so there's rarely a reason to stop and ask.

Property Domain Offboarding — Delete Records Without Whole-Zone Risk

Short answer: retire only the records owned by the departing property, never the whole DNS zone, unless an ownership check proves that the zone itself has no other consumers.

  • Delete DNS records property by property, not entire zone
  • Lower TTL before deletion, wait for old TTL window
  • Maintain rollback data until resolver confirms changes

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