Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 14:18:04 +0100 From: Dirk Janssen <freebsd@netspam.de> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Poor performance bind9 Message-ID: <20041208131804.GA83456@netcologne.de>
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Hi, I've compiled in threads to bind9.3.0 (src from isc not ports) using a dual procssor machine (2xIntel XEON) with 5.3-STABLE and I encounter serious performance problems (using queryperf from bind contribs): +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Parse input file: once Ended due to: reaching end of file Queries sent: 100000 queries Queries completed: 100000 queries Queries lost: 0 queries Percentage completed: 100.00% Percentage lost: 0.00% Started at: Wed Dec 8 12:54:37 2004 Finished at: Wed Dec 8 12:57:58 2004 Ran for: 201.589260 seconds Queries per second: 496.058173 qps +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ When I compile bind without threads, the result is realistic and nearly 30x better: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Parse input file: once Ended due to: reaching end of file Queries sent: 100000 queries Queries completed: 100000 queries Queries lost: 0 queries Percentage completed: 100.00% Percentage lost: 0.00% Started at: Wed Dec 8 12:50:51 2004 Finished at: Wed Dec 8 12:50:59 2004 Ran for: 7.819249 seconds Queries per second: 12788.951982 qps +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Can anyone explain what's the problem here? Is this a issue of bind9 or of freebsd? Any suggestions how I can use the two processors of my box without running two (non multithreading) instances of bind listening on different IPs? Regards, Dirkhome | help
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