Largest number of domains that bind can handle?

[Bill Manning]

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% What is the largest number of domains that the latest releases of bind can
% handle before reliability and performance are compromised?
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	thats a tough question. What hardware platform and OS are 
	you presuming? what metrics are in force to determine when
	bind is "compromised"?

--bill