Performance Issue with Bind

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> Hi all,
> I found that my DNS server (bind 9.1.2) time rarely goes under 100 ms
> even if I do a query on the server's IP itself. The server is not that
> heavily loaded and I'm wondering what kind effect will this have on
> the client side and what could be the potential cause of this besides
> load.
> 
> Yang

	Well BIND 9.1.2 is well past its "use by" date.  I would recommend
	upgrading.

	As for resolution speed.

	Exactly how are you measuring it?
	How many records is the server serving?
	What platform is this?
	How much memory?
	What else is it doing?
	Is the server authoritative only or is it caching as well?

	Mark
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