multiple named processes

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:40:40 -0500, silo105 wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > Using bind 9.1
> 
> > Why 10 processes ?
> 
> (from the FAQ that came with 9.1.3)
> 
> Q: Why do I see 5 (or more) copies of named on Linux?
> 
> A: Linux threads each show up as a process under ps.  The approximate
> number of threads running is n+4, where n is the number of CPUs.  Note
> that the amount of memory used is not cumulative; if each process is using
> 10M of memory, only a total of 10M is used.
> 
> I am not seeing this in 9.2.0.
> 

	Well you obviously built a non-threaded version.

	Mark
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