BIND response time is relatively high

[Niall O'Reilly]

At Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:50:37 +0000,
Darcy Kevin (FCA) wrote:
> 
> 
> The parameter that is glaringly missing from your list is
> “recursive-clients”. Do you have that set at default value (1000) or
> have you bumped it up higher? Since you say that this happens at “peak
> hours”, recursive-clients is the prime suspect,

  Besides what Kevin suggests, it may be worth checking for swapping
  and/or IO wait using 'top'.

  /Niall