From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 13 17:11:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 539BF106564A for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:11:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [69.31.85.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3E148FC0C for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:11:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from thoth.ocsny.com ([204.107.76.235]) (authenticated user mikel@olivent.com) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio MailServer 6.7.0) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:41:01 -0400 Message-Id: <4262419A-96DF-4812-8E26-A01CB0D1A8F5@olivent.com> From: Mikel King To: John Almberg In-Reply-To: <8195A2D9-F7AC-49F8-969E-A13EDFA3C05A@identry.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:40:57 -0400 References: <8195A2D9-F7AC-49F8-969E-A13EDFA3C05A@identry.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should DNS be on same server as webserver? 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: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:11:17 -0000 On Jul 13, 2009, at 12:36 PM, John Almberg wrote: > The other day, a FreeBSD 'expert' told me that it is important to > have the DNS server for a domain on the same server as the domain's > web server. Supposedly, this saves doing tons of DNS look ups over > the network. Instead, they are done locally. > > This makes sense to me, but I wonder if the performance difference > is really that significant? > > -- John If you head down this road you might want to only make it a caching DNS server, not your primary or secondary for sure. Unless you are limited on available hardware. Regards, Mikel King CEO, Olivent Technologies Senior Editor, Daemon News Columnist, BSD Magazine 6 Alpine Court, Medford, NY 11763 o: 631.627.3055 skype:mikel.king http://mikelking.com http://twitter.com/mikelking