b Is it bad to have the Reverse DNS for two IPs point to the same domain name?

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I am in the process of setting up a new server for my web application (the site will be moved, it is not for load balancing or the like), which has a different IP address from my existing server. My current server has a reverse DNS PTR record set up pointing its IP to mydomain.com. Is it bad to set up a reverse DNS PTR record for the new IP pointing to mydomain.com as well? Or should I wait until I do my migration to set up the record?

Update: I forgot to mention, the A record for the mydomain.com points to the old server's IP address, not the new one, if it matters.

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