How can I find performance of a DNS server

[Brad Knowles]

At 4:29 AM -0700 9/3/01, Nikhil wrote:

>  I am new to DNS server . I have just setup a DNS server(Bind) under
>  linux(Red hat 7.1). How can I test that server for performance and for
>  normal load it can take. Is there any tool available or I will have to
>  write the script(How?)

	You can try netperf3, used by Rick Jones (from HP) in his 
benchmark tests shown at 
<ftp://ftp.cup.hp.com/dist/networking/briefs/>.  You could also try 
the benchmarking tools found in the contrib directory of the latest 
betas for BIND 9.2.0.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles at skynet.be>

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