DNS Server sizing guide?

[Grant Taylor]

On 03/28/2018 08:31 PM, Blason R wrote:
> Right now I have around 270000 zones added in DNS but that is with 
> direct zones NO RPZ. And my config is 4 vCPU 8Gb RAM its running well 
> and around 700 users

:-)

> The only concern thing for me is I may need to re-write all my scripts 
> to load those zones in RPZ format hence wondering if RPZ can really help 
> me in boosting performance of my server and how much?
> 
> Because if you see with my current config I may be running 40% of the 
> resources;  with RPZ if I am achieving 30-35% then re-writing complete 
> stuff for that 5% does not entice me. If the difference is noticeable 
> lets say 20% then probably I can start of with that.

Take a look at RPZ, as it offers more than just performance gains.  You 
can do lots of interesting things with RPZ, including filtering on the 
QNAME or the returned IP address, or a number of other things.

> Hence wanted to know from community if they have ever tried such thing 
> before? and if so would really appreciate if they can share their 
> observations.

I don't know.



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Grant. . . .
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