How many domains can one Bind server handle??

[Sebastian Castro]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 09:02:50AM +1100, Mark_Andrews at isc.org wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Does anyone have any ideas as to what's the maximum numbers of domains could
> > be safely hosted on a server running Bind 9.
> 
> 	This is a bit like "how long is a piece of string".  There
> 	are no limits except for those imposed by the OS/hardware of
> 	the machine hosting the nameserver.
>  
> > I mean are we talking hundreds of thousands or millions, cause I see quite a
> > few domain holding site have millions of domains on like 3 nameserver
> > servers, where 1 is primary and the other 2 are slave/backup's. So I am
> > guessing they have a HUGE named.conf file or is this sort of massive setup
> > use a different configuration.
> 
> 	Well we are aware of sites getting to 100,000.  I'm not aware of any
> 	site at a 1 million zones.
> 

Hi,

We are running BIND 8.2.5 with 30.000 zones, including a zone of 10Mb size.

There are some clues to manage a BIG nameservers, to avoid trashing and a
fast loading, for example.

Sincerely


> 	Mark
>  
> > Thanks,
> --
> Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org

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