<h1 class="title" id="page-title">New gTLDs: Root Zone Scaling Report</h1> <div id="addthis"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><a class="atc_s addthis_button_compact"><span></span></a><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jun12-en.htm#" title="View more services" class="addthis_button_expanded">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jun12-en.htm</a></div>
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<div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">27 June 2012</span></div>
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<div class="field-item even"><p><em><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/historical-documentation/root-scaling-27jun12-en.pdf">Report: Impact on Root Server Operations and Provisioning Due to New gTLDs</a> [PDF, 2.66 MB]</em></p>
<p><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>
is publishing the report "Impact on Root Server Operations and
Provisioning due to New gTLDs." The report is a result of a request by <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>'s
Governmental Advisory Committee to provide "a complete report with full
analysis, including all underlying data of root zone scalability."</p>
<p>The report builds on past work but also includes additional areas of
analysis to support this report's conclusion that the root zone can be
grown in a stable manner. The new analyses include an additional,
improved statistical model for projecting root zone growth, and an
analysis of the impact of delaying root zone updates. These analyses and
other important supporting information are included in the appendices.</p>
<p>The report is the result of close collaboration among technical <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr> Board, community and staff members. There were multiple iterations in order to arrive at a version that is responsive to the <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee">GAC</abbr>
request. Even with that, the report is published as a first version so
that it can be amended in response to governments' or others' questions
and requests for clarifications.</p>
<p>New reports are generally not published during <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr> meetings. This report, recently forwarded to the <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee">GAC</abbr>, is being posted in response to other requests.</p>
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