UDP packet loss

[JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉]

>>>>> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:01:18 +0200, 
>>>>> Pavel Urban <urbanp at mlp.cz> said:

> I've tried to find out the cause of some strange resolving problem we 
> are experiencing. From time to time, our server seems to ignore some 
> requests, while others are answered promptly. It seems to me that the 
> problem is UDP packet loss.

> Udp:
>      948795842 packets received
>      149802 packets to unknown port received.
>      214635022 packet receive errors
>      1003702082 packets sent

> I've tried to increase system udp receive buffer 10x and then 100x with 
> no noticable effect. Do I have to change something in Bind, too? Or am I 
>   completely wrong?

> RedHat Linux ES release 4, 2.6.9-34.ELsmp kernel, dual Opteron system 
> with 6GB ram, no local zones, just resolver/cache. bind-9.3.2-2_EL4

A quick question: did you enable threads?

					JINMEI, Tatuya
					Communication Platform Lab.
					Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
					jinmei at isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp