maximum number of zones
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mon Mar 4 23:41:37 UTC 2002
> Is there a limit to the number of primary zones a nameserver can
> handle?
Yes. 2**24-1 (16M) zones. Memory is usually a problem
well before this is reached.
> I'm runing bind 8.3 on an SGI (Irix 6.2).
Please be precise. BIND 8.3.0 or 8.3.1? If it is 8.3.0
you need to upgrade.
> I have 225 zones
> for which this server is currently primary. I added a zone today but
> whwn I HUP the named process I see nothing in SYSLOG concerning the
> new zone -- I expected to see either a
>
> master zone "foo" (IN) loaded (serial ...
>
> or else some kind of error about zone foo. Instead I see nothing.
> I've tried turning on debugging with a USR1 signal and then issueing
> another HUP. I did not see any messages about the zone in named.run.
> What else might I try in an attempt to debug?
Was there any error in named.conf reported?
Mark
>
> Keith Wolters
> System Manager, H2 Design
> Pittsburgh
>
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