From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 7 22:47:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 333C516A407 for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:47:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C336613C44C for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:47:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so5428237uge for ; Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:47:09 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=eSQpqAu/MnEJg1y1+fapxcwBssMa9Hfuurzb5I4Rh7oZONhXhLFuzWQIUdLnf0f78988UquhXusITeuOMlyUZuRPyaLCRE2C3OH2Tq3p1D0I5v62ds+cVKj8J4e99ftvdYFDwErogLdAx4De7zwDYIpCmO5szFx3Bj5yHKpamtw= Received: by 10.78.146.11 with SMTP id t11mr5282652hud.1168210029699; Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:47:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.13.3 with HTTP; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:47:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:47:09 -0800 From: patrick To: "FreeBSD Questions Mailing List" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Subject: Re: Which version of BIND to use on FreeBSD 6.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:47:11 -0000 I think I'll rephrase my question. What real advantage is there for me running BIND 9 over BIND 8? Version 9 seems to require a lot more memory and is still giving me this really annoying problem of using all my CPU time when it hits the max_cache_size. I'm not using DNSSEC or IPV6... Patrick On 1/3/07, patrick wrote: > I'm trying to figure out which is the best version of BIND to use on > FreeBSD 6.1? I've always stuck with FreeBSD's base version, and since > upgrading from FreeBSD 4.x to 6.1, that meant moving from BIND 8.3.x > to 9.3.2. I've encountered numerous problems since moving to 9.3.2 > which primarily revolve around exponential increases in memory and CPU > usage. > > On our BIND 8.3.x setup, we have 750 master domains. Memory usage is > just shy of 70MBs. On our new server with BIND 9.3.2, we have > currently 140 master domains, and memory usage continually grows until > FreeBSD cuts it off. I have discovered the "max-cache-size" option > which allows me set an upper limit, but when the named process hits > that limit, it starts eating up all available CPU cycles. I've seen > some similar reports from other users, but haven't found any real > solutions. > > While browsing the ports tree, I found I have my pick of BIND 8.3.x, > 8.4.x, and a ports version of 9.3.x (not sure exactly how this differs > from base -- more current?). Our needs are fairly basic -- we have a > few DNS servers, and each are masters and slaves, helping one another > out. We're not using DNSSEC or anything. I'm wondering what other > people are generally using, and which version works best for them? > > Thanks, > > Patrick >