Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:47:09 -0800 From: patrick <gibblertron@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which version of BIND to use on FreeBSD 6.1? Message-ID: <b043a4850701071447x6b401b4q77e84340db87a24c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b043a4850701031241k5186c20fr78a14d2a588d3cdc@mail.gmail.com> References: <b043a4850701031241k5186c20fr78a14d2a588d3cdc@mail.gmail.com>
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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 <gibblertron@gmail.com> 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 >
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