DNS stability

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> Hi,
> I'm runing Bind 8.2 on a linux machin with red hat 6.0 and kernel 2.2.
> The Pc is a P133 with 64Mo of memory, and is handle around 1000 zone for a
> load average of 2 query each second.
> Scince it started, i have some stabilty trouble with it. The DNS answer
> every query with a response time of 0.03s, but almost every 2 or 6 hour, i
> have an unable to connect the server for around 15 min( at worse 30 min),
> and without i do nothing, i restart to answer query normaly, and again few
> hours later not answer...
> During the time the serveur don't response to query, i'm able to connect to
> it via the ftp, ping or do everything else.
> The CPU (average of 4%) and Mermory (10% free all the time and i seem to
> never used the swap) look good enough for named.
> 
> did someone have any idea of what goes wrong. Do i need to upgrade to 8.22P5
> to solve this or is it something else.
> 
> Thank in advance for your answer
> 
> Fabien DACHICOURT
> 
>     Pictime Provider
>    [des communications plus Net]
>    http://www.pictime.fr/provider

	I would upgrade regardless. See the following for why.
	http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security-19991108.html

	The pauses may or may not be due to the solinger bug being triggered.
	I would also ensure that you have a up to date syslog(d).

	Mark
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