How to run BIND9 threaded name server

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Fri Mar 3 01:07:44 UTC 2006


christ lee wrote:

>Hi all
>I want to run Bind9 DNS server on my system, which is having 2 processors.
>I have one doubt that , using # named -n 2 will create threads or not so
>that they will run on differant processors.
>or whether i have take any steps in building name server itself before
>running the name server.
>
>
>Waiting For Your Reply
>
Waiting for your question.

Why not compile a recent version of BIND 9, run it on your 
multiprocessor box, and see if it's actually using multiple processors? 
That should dispel any doubts you have, one way or the other.

                                                                         
               - Kevin




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