How many domains can one Bind server handle??
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Sun Nov 25 22:02:50 UTC 2001
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have any ideas as to what's the maximum numbers of domains could
> be safely hosted on a server running Bind 9.
This is a bit like "how long is a piece of string". There
are no limits except for those imposed by the OS/hardware of
the machine hosting the nameserver.
> I mean are we talking hundreds of thousands or millions, cause I see quite a
> few domain holding site have millions of domains on like 3 nameserver
> servers, where 1 is primary and the other 2 are slave/backup's. So I am
> guessing they have a HUGE named.conf file or is this sort of massive setup
> use a different configuration.
Well we are aware of sites getting to 100,000. I'm not aware of any
site at a 1 million zones.
Mark
> Thanks,
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