[Pdns-users] PowerDNS performance compared to other nameservers

[Mike Benoit]

On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 06:56, Markus Welsch wrote:
> >>	1. Which database scheme are you using?
> > 
> > 
> > Default + a couple extra columns for our own use.
> > 
> > 
> >>	2. Which MySQL version are you using?
> > 
> > 
> > Latest 4.0.x series.
> > 
> > 
> >>	3. Which MySQL table type?
> > 
> > 
> > InnoDB
> > 
> > 
> >>	4. What about secondary NS - how did you implement that?
> > 
> > 
> > MySQL Replication for our NS2 server.
> > 
> > 
> >>	5. Would you mind sending me your PowerDNS configuration?
> > 
> > 
> > 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?

Around 40,000 zones, and 400,000 records. 

-- 
Mike Benoit <ipso at snappymail.ca>