Bind9 vs. Bind8 latency
Mark Andrews
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Wed Sep 21 23:57:32 UTC 2005
> I have recently been switching our name servers over to bind9 on debian Sarge
> from bind8 on
> Debian woody.
What version of BIND 9 is shipped with debian Sarge? If it
is not a current release <http://www.isc.org/sw/bind/> upgrade.
> I like the idea of running the 9 series of bind for security reasons and havi
> ng the option
> of views [once I get used to it].
>
> There does seem to be a problem with my bind9 configuration and I'm not sure
> where to start
> looking. When I do a host lookup on the bind8 server for a host I have not a
> lready cached
> the response comes back almost immediately but when I do it on a bind9 server
> it can take
> several seconds most of the time. Once I have looked a host up once it answe
> rs quickly for
> subsequent queries.
>
> Basically initial queries on bind9 seem very slow compared to the older bind8
> . Any ideas as
> to why this might be? Both setups are fairly generic with the only changes t
> o the configs
> being the zones that they are authoritative for [same on each server].
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jeff Wark
> TBayTel Internet
>
>
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