From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 14 18:35:17 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 5BF37106566C for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:35:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28B7E8FC19 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:35:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D9C57E821 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:35:16 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:35:15 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-BETA1; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <20090713222746.5D519BF05@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <20090713222746.5D519BF05@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200907141035.15300.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> 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: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:35:17 -0000 On Monday 13 July 2009 14:27:46 Karl Vogel wrote: > It's very easy to set up a caching nameserver without using all the > memory on your system. It's much easier to turn your HIGH-performance webserver into a slug, by running stuff you don't need on the same machine. Memory unused by the webserver can then be used by the OS to provide filesystem caching, which indirectly greatly benefits a webserver, much more then a local cache can speed things up. -- Mel