Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 11:34:24 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hoping to configure DNS Message-ID: <199909071534.AA229398464@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 05 Sep 1999 18:19:57 EDT." <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105C25@site2s1>
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>To my knowledge there isn't a huge difference between setting >up bind for 1000 machines or 5 machines, if they're all in the same domain. > >Just my 2 cents, >-Chris Well there are definitely a couple of scale issue that you hit eventually. Whether they are above or below 1000 depends on your intestinal fortitude, speed, accuracy, organizational politics, etc. One is that when you're doing a small domain you typically just type your changes right into the zone file, look them over with a critical eye, and HUP the server. At some point on the growth curve you decide that this is just way too risky, put all your master data into a database of some sort, and generate your zone files from the database with a script. Sanity checking is built into both the front- and back-ends. Another is that eventually some department is going to become dissatisfied with your service for whatever reason and want you to delegate their zones so they can manage them themselves. Once you agree to that they'll probably turn around and ask you to secondary the zones they're now primarying. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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