[Pdns-users] Acheiving 40,000 QPS
Lee Standen
standen at staff.iinet.net.au
Mon May 17 07:23:21 UTC 2010
Thanks for that information, Bert.
I had seen the documentation before... perhaps I should provide some more information.
Here are the options I'm using at the moment (I've tried several values):
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disable-packetcache=no
local-address=0.0.0.0
local-port=53
max-cache-entries=4000000
max-packetcache-entries=4000000
single-socket=off
threads=8
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Here's the results of the second run using the same command line you had below... the data file I found using a quick google search for the filename you used:
./queryperf -q 1000 -l 100 < queryfile-example-3million
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Statistics:
Parse input file: multiple times
Run time limit: 100 seconds
Ran through file: 0 times
Queries sent: 1285008 queries
Queries completed: 1284175 queries
Queries lost: 833 queries
Queries delayed(?): 0 queries
RTT max: 5.000198 sec
RTT min: 0.000002 sec
RTT average: 0.074771 sec
RTT std deviation: 0.265890 sec
RTT out of range: 1 queries
Percentage completed: 99.94%
Percentage lost: 0.06%
Started at: Mon May 17 07:15:32 2010
Finished at: Mon May 17 07:17:17 2010
Ran for: 104.875333 seconds
Queries per second: 12244.776377 qps
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I just double-checked the hardware and I've actually got 4 cores available, not 8 as I initially thought:
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processor : 3
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5150 @ 2.66GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 2667.294
cache size : 4096 KB
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Lastly, I'm using the amd64 deb from the powerdns web site on Ubuntu 10.04 rather than building a new binary. It was assumed that those binaries would be optimized, but if they're not, I'm happy to try building it myself.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have :)
-----Original Message-----
From: bert hubert [mailto:bert.hubert at netherlabs.nl]
Sent: Monday, 17 May 2010 2:31 PM
To: Lee Standen
Cc: pdns-users at mailman.powerdns.com
Subject: Re: [Pdns-users] Acheiving 40,000 QPS
Hi Lee,
In the past few months, quite some CNS servers have been replaced by the
PowerDNS Recursor, so you are not alone!
The 40,000 number has been reproduced by a number of separate parties,
sample output is below.
First, please read http://doc.powerdns.com/recursor-performance.html
especially the bit about firewalls. PowerDNS does aggressive source port
randomization, and may stress out intervening firewalls.
Second, try: dnsperf -q 1000 -l 100 < queryfile-example-3million
I just did, and the output is:
Parse input file: multiple times
Run time limit: 100 seconds
Ran through file: 0 times
Queries sent: 2995336 queries
Queries completed: 2991690 queries
Queries lost: 3646 queries
Avg request size: 41 bytes
Avg response size: 80 bytes
Percentage completed: 99.88%
Percentage lost: 0.12%
Started at: Mon May 17 08:23:12 2010
Finished at: Mon May 17 08:24:57 2010
Ran for: 104.828020 seconds
Queries per second: 28539.029927 qps
This is on a server with a firewall in place, and the first run. Second run
with firewall state tracking disabled as per the instructions on
doc.powerdns.com:
Statistics:
Parse input file: multiple times
Run time limit: 100 seconds
Ran through file: 1 times
Queries sent: 5700362 queries
Queries completed: 5694333 queries
Queries lost: 6029 queries
Avg request size: 41 bytes
Avg response size: 80 bytes
Percentage completed: 99.89%
Percentage lost: 0.11%
Started at: Mon May 17 08:26:33 2010
Finished at: Mon May 17 08:28:18 2010
Ran for: 104.711111 seconds
Queries per second: 54381.363598 qps
I hope this helps answer your question. The main trick is to have enough
queries operating in parallel, which incidentally is a close match to 'real
life' heavy use operation.
The operating system of the numbers above is Ubuntu Karmic Koala.
Let me know if you have further questions.
Kind regards,
Bert Hubert
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 01:45:46PM +0800, Lee Standen wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We're looking to trial PowerDNS as an option to replace our Nominum CNS servers in the next few months, and we're impressed by the performance claimed by PowerDNS.
>
> I've deployed a recursive server and have attempted to replay some captured traffic, but based on my initial testing, I'm only able to pull about 2500 requests per second.
>
> Does any documentation exist which describes which settings must be changed to achieve the claimed 40,000 requests per second?
>
> The server is currently deployed on an IBM HS-21XM blade, which is an 8 core Xeon system.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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