dns cache performance

[JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉]

At Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:23:51 +0200,
Sener ATAS <sener.atas at boun.edu.tr> wrote:

> I  use BIND 9.5.0-P2 on my FreeBSD 6.4 machine as a cache server.
> My server has 1 gb ram and 1.4 ghz cpu. I want to improve respone time. 
> Is it possible with configure bind with "--enable-threads" options?

It's *possible*, but threads won't help improve response performance
for a single processor machine.

I'd recommend you upgrade to 9.5.1 (currently rc1).  That's the
easiest and most effective way to improve overall performance for
caching servers.

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JINMEI, Tatuya
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.