named and ram

[Mark Andrews]

> 
> hi all...
> 
> this is probably a stupid question but..
> can anybody explain why named is using so much ram?
> 
> on a RH 8 box, BIND 9.2.1
> 
> there are multiple processes - 5 - and each one is taking up to 6% of the
> ram.

	No. There is a single process with 5 threads sharing a common
	memory space.
 
> all the zone files together are around 700k.
> the machine has 1gig of ram - 6% (x 5) is a lot...
> 
> can somebody explain why?
> 
> thanks..
> 
> 
> 
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