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

JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉 jinmei at isc.org
Mon Jun 13 18:16:28 UTC 2011


At Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:35:09 -0500 (CDT),
"Jeremy C. Reed" <jreed at isc.org> wrote:

> > 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"?

Admittedly it's a subjective term, but I was thinking about zones
containing at least several millions of RRs.

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JINMEI, Tatuya



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