Nominet UK is the registry for .uk domain names and as such is a critical internet resource. Nominet operates a distributed database that contains authoritative information mapping .uk domain names to IP address.

As Nominet's nameservers hold authoritative information that enables the internet community to operate without noting numerous IP addresses, it is imperative the nameservers remain online and accessible.

By locating a copy of this database at MaNAP, Nominet have increased the resilience and improved the reliability of their system for all users as there is now additional server capacity in the event of server overload or failure. In addition MaNAP members and their customers have the added benefit of faster response times from Nominet nameservers.