July 2011 Archives

ISC BIND 9.8.1b3 provides startup-performance improvements

13 Jul 2011
by Evan Hunt


ISC BIND 9.8.1b3 is now available. This release includes startup-performance improvements described in A Major Improvement in BIND 9 Startup Performance (see http://www.isc.org/files/imce/startup-performance.pdf).

BIND 9.8.1b3 is the third beta release of BIND 9.8.
 

A Major Improvement in BIND 9 Startup Performance

12 Jul 2011
by Evan Hunt

One of the common complaints we've received over the years about BIND 9 is that large authoritative servers, particularly those with a very large number of small zones, are slow to launch. I've met some DNS operators who expressed a powerful aversion to upgrading their systems, because a shutdown and restart can literally take all day.

If that describes you, I have some good news. There is a simple optimization for BIND 9 that can dramatically improve your startup performance.