DNS server can resolve some domains - BIND 9.4.2-P1

[JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉]

At Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:27:29 -0800 (PST),
sergiotm22 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I have a server installed, with Solaris 9 and BIND 9.4.2-P1, 1 week
> ago, i began to receive some messages in the message logs:
> 
> 25-Feb-2009 15:30:35.826 general: error: socket: too many open file
> descriptors
> 25-Feb-2009 15:30:35.827 general: error: socket: too many open file
> descriptors
> 25-Feb-2009 15:30:36.210 general: error: socket: too many open file
> descriptors
> 25-Feb-2009 15:30:36.228 general: error: socket: too many open file
> descriptors
> 
> I guess that's why my server is working abnormally right now and
> cannot resolve some domains, i've read a lots of posts that there is a
> patch for this issue, and also some people try to fix the problem
> increasing the FTD_Size value, but i don't know what exactly can i
> aply, could you help me please, because our dns server is the master
> and it cannot be stay with this kind a problems a long time.

9.4.2-P1 has known scalability issues.  Please upgrade to 9.4.3-P1.

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JINMEI, Tatuya
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.