max-cache-size query

[Todd Snyder]

What version of BIND are you running?  If you're getting FD limits, I'd think it's an older version with a bug, and your problems might also be alleviated by upgrading.

Todd.

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From: bind-users-bounces+tsnyder=rim.com at lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces+tsnyder=rim.com at lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Techi
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 8:36 AM
To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
Subject: max-cache-size query

Hallo,
Recently, I faced huge problems with my DNS servers (bind crashed with no 
apparent reason). Some of the symptons were:
* Huge number of connections on our firewalls (>150000).
* A lot of errors in syslog about max file descriptors limits reached 
(currently on system, the FD limit is 4096, the default of centos)

Anyway, after the proposal of a friend of mine, I removed the the max-cache-
size limit (that was set to 256MB.
After a restart of bind, the FW guys reported a huge drop on connections 
(<10000)!
Additionally, I have no crashes so far (in contract with 1-2 per week).
So, why:
a. bind generated so much traffic?
b. Is it possible to have bind crash because I could not handle the cache 
clean-up and on the same time to serve requests?

Thank you
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