maximum number of zones

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Is there a limit to the number of primary zones a nameserver can
> handle?

	Yes.  2**24-1 (16M) zones.  Memory is usually a problem
	well before this is reached.

>  I'm runing bind 8.3 on an SGI (Irix 6.2).

	Please be precise.  BIND 8.3.0 or 8.3.1?  If it is 8.3.0
	you need to upgrade.

> I have 225 zones
> for which this server is currently primary.  I added a zone today but
> whwn I HUP the named process I see nothing in SYSLOG concerning the
> new zone -- I expected to see either a
> 
>    master zone "foo" (IN) loaded (serial ...
> 
> or else some kind of error about zone foo.  Instead I see nothing. 
> I've tried turning on debugging with a USR1 signal and then issueing
> another HUP.  I did not see any messages about the zone in named.run. 
> What else might I try in an attempt to debug?

	Was there any error in named.conf reported?

	Mark
> 
> Keith Wolters
> System Manager, H2 Design
> Pittsburgh
> 
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