Simple max-journal-size question

[Stuart Browne]

.. and somehow didn't answer your question, sorry. first thing in the morning.

Just a 'rndc reconfig' should be sufficient to get the configuration change to act.

Stuart

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Browne
> Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 9:17 AM
> To: Bind Users Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Simple max-journal-size question
> 
> This one is a bit of a fun one to understand.
> 
> Whilst setting this seems to suggest "This will be the biggest size the
> journal will ever get to", it isn't.
> 
> This suggests to bind to flush the journal when it reaches this size.  If
> the journal is busy however, the flush will be delayed until such a time
> that the journal isn't busy.
> 
> We use 'max-journal-size 100M;' quite successfully but have seen the
> journal size get to a few hundred MB.  It has stopped multi-GB journal
> sizes though.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-
> > bounces at lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Bischof, Ralph F. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS]
> > Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 6:00 AM
> > To: Bind Users Mailing List
> > Subject: Simple max-journal-size question
> >
> > I just can't seem to find the answer to such a simple question
> (BIND9.9).
> >
> > I have a very active dynamic zone that now has an incredibly large
> journal
> > file. I would like to use the max-journal-size parameter in the zone
> > declaration to keep this from happening again. I understand that I can
> > freeze the zone, delete the journal, and then thaw the zone. My question
> > deals with when the parameter in the named.conf will take effect. Will
> an
> > 'rndc reconfig' be sufficient, or must I stop/start named for the
> > parameter to be read for the zone?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > RB
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