lookout timesouts

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, bind-users-request at lists.isc.org wrote:

> We have a customer who has their own cache server, but in the
> afternoons before they close up for the day, they commit off-site
> backups, this process takes them about 90 mins, anyone trying to use
> the internet in this time fails 99.9% of the time ...
> Is there a named.conf setting we can suggest they use on their cache
> server that perseveres and waits a little longer for answers to send
> to their client machines?

If I was going there, I wouldn't start from here.  (Old Irish joke:).

The backup system needs more thought.  It could be done automatically
when everyone has gone home.  Its bandwith usasge could be throttled.
The traffic could be 'shaped'.  Take a look at 'BackupPC' for example.
Way OT for this list though.

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73,
Ged.