[bind10-dev] Is AXFR/IXFR needed for DB-based (especially large) zones?

[Jeremy C. Reed]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, JINMEI Tatuya / ???? wrote:

> What would people expect for synchronizing DB-based servers?


Normal DNS AXFR/IXFR method as my first option.


> I'm not even sure whether we should try to solve this problem in the
> first place.  If operators of very large zones are not interested in
> running DB-based backend or in supporting AXFR, we might simply say
> "the AXFR support isn't designed for large zones; please don't use it
> if your zone is large".  I'd be very much interested in hearing what
> operators in this list think.

How do we define "large"?