Recommended setup with large cache memory

[Danny Mayer]

Brad Knowles wrote:

>> What is your opinion on using that to store the cached data?
> 
> 
> 	I see no advantage to using it over the in-memory database that 
> BIND already uses, which is optimized for maximum speed and security, 
> because you have to make sure to keep Chinese Walls between the 
> authoritative data and the cached data.
> 
> 	It would certainly be a huge improvement if BIND was having to go 
> to files on disk for each and every query, but that's not the way 
> BIND works.
> 
No it wouldn't. It would take a big performance hit if it had to write
the cache to disk. There's no need for it since if the data is lost it
goes and fetches it again.

Danny