| numbering | type | description | use | Applicable scenarios |
| 1 | Primary Zone | This is the default option to configure this server as the primary DNS server. | Customize and maintain data across DNS zones to provide authoritative DNS responses. | Create a new DNS zone, and all records are edited and managed on this server. |
| 2 | Secondary Zone | These zones copy data from another primary DNS server (also known as a secondary DNS server). | For high availability and load balancing, data is synchronized from the primary zone at regular intervals. | Serve as a redundant backup for the primary DNS server or replicate records from the primary server. |
| 3 | Stub Zone | Store only NS records and associated Glue Records (IPs of name servers) for other DNS zones. | Authoritative servers for quickly finding specific regions instead of storing data for entire regions. | Optimize recursive query paths in large environments. |
| 4 | Conditional Forwarder Zone | Forwards DNS queries for some specific domain names to a designated DNS server. | Customize DNS resolution paths to handle domain names across organizations or networks. | Dedicated resolution in cross-domain environments. |
| 5 | Secondary Conditional Forwarder Zone | Similar to Conditional Forwarder, but exists in a secondary manner, synchronizing from another DNS server. | Add redundant synchronization mechanisms on top of domain-specific conditional forwarding. | Larger environments need to be forwarded and maintain high availability. |
| 6 | Catalog Zone | Metainformation for dynamically managing and distributing a set of DNS zones. | Automate the management of DNS data across multiple regions. | Automation is required to manage multiple subdomains or a large number of subdomain environments. |
| 7 | Secondary Catalog Zone | A slave version of the Catalog Zone to synchronize and cache meta information. | Copy the data in the Catalog Zone from another DNS server. | Dynamically update the catalog in a large-scale distributed environment. |
| 8 | Secondary ROOT Zone (RFC 8806) | Configure the server to synchronize and cache data in the root zone. | Improve recursive DNS query speed and avoid querying the root server directly. | Large DNS service providers or network environments with high performance requirements. |