BIND 9.4.0b1 - Solaris 10

J.D. Bronson jbronson at wixb.com
Wed Aug 9 14:47:51 UTC 2006


At 09:42 AM 08/09/2006, Barry Finkel wrote:
>JD wrote:
>
> >> Configure/Build/Install all works fine. Runs excellent chrooted under
> >> SMF control.
> >>
> >> However, is there any reason that the Bind 9.4.x series now consumes
> >> so much ram (well over 24MB) - even at startup with under 20 domains?
> >>
> >> Older version of Bind9 never seemed to consume much ram and I dont
> >> see any configure options or things I could remove to lessen the
> >> demands of ram..
>
>and Mark Andrews replied:
>
> >       9.4.0 also has more default zones than 9.3.x/9.2.x.
> >       See draft-ietf-dnsop-default-local-zones-00.txt
> >       The RFC 1918 zone are targeted for 9.5.0/9.6.0.
>
>In the distribution of 9.3.2, RFCs 1918 and 3330, both referenced in
>this IETF draft, are not in the doc/rfc directory.  Should they be
>included?  Should this draft also be included?


secondly...
I disabled the creation of any 'default' or 'empty' zones. Didnt help.
using BIND 9.3.3b1 - memory control is normal. So I am sticking with 
that for now...I dont know why 9.4.x grows and grows....

-JD 



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