[Pdns-users] PowerDNS performance compared to other nameservers

[Markus Welsch]

>>	1. Which database scheme are you using?
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> Default + a couple extra columns for our own use.
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>>	2. Which MySQL version are you using?
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> Latest 4.0.x series.
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>>	3. Which MySQL table type?
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> InnoDB
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>>	4. What about secondary NS - how did you implement that?
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> MySQL Replication for our NS2 server.
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>>	5. Would you mind sending me your PowerDNS configuration?
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> Sorry unfortunately I can't do that. But the only interesting options is
> our cache-ttl=86400. Then on demand we invalidate cache entries that
> need to be changed using "pdns_control purge <zone>" which is actually
> tied in to xinetd and called remotely. This is what gives us the
> "real-time" update functionality without hurting our performance.
> PowerDNS is the only name server I know of that offers this
> functionality.

How many zones do you have approximately in your database?