[Pdns-users] PDNS performance comparison to BIND

[Jan Rudinsky]

Hello Bert,

bert hubert wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Jan Rudinsky<rudinsj at fel.cvut.cz> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have tested PDNS performance (configuration below). A zone transfer of 100
>> 000 records takes ~ 10 s using either MySQL or file backends.
>> However Bind can make it in ~ 1 s (file-stored records).
> 
> Hi Jan,
> 
> We've never really optimised the zone transfer performance of PowerDNS
> because it has not really been an important use case so far.
> 
> Are you measuring an incoming zonetransfer? Our outgoing?
> 
> It may very well be than an outgoing one is pretty slow.
> 

Exactly. Pdns sends information sequentialy as received from database. 
It might be faster to collect all the information first, then send it.

> Is it important to you? We could change PowerDNS if needed.
> 
>     Bert

It's just an idea of a telecom system based on DNS ZT. If successful I 
believe pdns will get optimized.

Thank you,

Jan

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