Bind9.3.1 - bug?
Peter Dambier
peter at peter-dambier.de
Tue May 30 10:14:03 UTC 2006
Wesley Hof wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I currently run bind 9.3.1 as a caching NS. After a couple days my bind resolves slower and slower untill it refuses all
> query's. My load on the machine is then : 1.00 1.00 1.00 (strange. After killing it (kill -9) and a restart all works fine again ... for
> a couple days.
>
> Someone ?
>
> W.
> --
> (o_ Wesley Hof
> //\ UNIX System Engineer
> V_/_ Scarlet Belgium
>
Hi Wesley,
I used to run BIND 9.1.3 and later BIND 9.2.3 on this type of machine
cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu : 486
model : 486 DX-25/33
fpu : yes
wp : yes
bogomips : 18.94
cat /proc/meminfo
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 14737408 12177408 2560000 2887680 933888 5894144
Swap: 134176768 2519040 131657728
MemTotal: 14392 kB
MemFree: 2500 kB
MemShared: 2820 kB
Buffers: 912 kB
Cached: 5756 kB
SwapTotal: 131032 kB
SwapFree: 128572 kB
Linux version 2.2.19 (root at fm)
(gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE))
#15 Sun Nov 24 22:34:59 CET 2002
I remember some good reasons to change to BIND 9.2.3
I remember some times when the machine had "gone to sleep" for
a minute or two.
The machines did always come back. The reason was memory refresh
or database refresh.
I did run the machines as authoritative nameserver and as recursive
resolver. I did not use any forwarders.
There are good reasons to switch to a current version of Bind.
At least 9.3.?
Currently I am running BIND 9.4.0a5 on this machine:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 486
model : 486 DX-25/33
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
stepping : unknown
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : no
cpuid : no
wp : yes
bogomips : 18.94
cat /proc/meminfo
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 14585856 13807616 778240 2850816 2351104 4329472
Swap: 133885952 12283904 121602048
MemTotal: 14244 kB
MemFree: 760 kB
MemShared: 2784 kB
Buffers: 2296 kB
Cached: 4228 kB
SwapTotal: 130748 kB
SwapFree: 118752 kB
lomi up 11+12:02, 1 user, load 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Linux version 2.0.36 (root at lomi)
(gcc version 2.7.2.1)
#7 Mon Mär 13 17:04:55 MET 2006
It is an ancient system but works without problems. Maybe
having more memory is a difference.
Maybe your problem has to do with forwarders. I have given
up using forwarders because I cannot control them. My
resolver has been always faster without forwarders. I gained
even more speed when slaving one of the root-servers.
Kind regards
Peter and Karin
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