Cpu load of named

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

IP Connect <IPConnect at tref.nl> wrote:
> Can anybody tell me by what reason a named process can get up to 99.8% cpu
> load. I have had the following situation. In a Domain we have 4 bind8
> servers who are authoritive for "domain A" and  2 bind8 servers who are
> forwarders to the internet. Als these machines are Sun E220
> At one moment al the servers get very bussy. The named process take up 99.8
> percent cpu load. There isn't any normal resolving possible. After a couple
> of hours the cpu load gets back to less then 1percent cpu load (this is the
> normal situation). So named wasn't hanging.

At least one version ( 8.2.2-p5) has falts that might do exactly this.

Killing and restarting is needed,

What is your version of bind ? 

> Can anybody explain me what can cause such a high cpu load voor named ?




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