[bind10-dev] new in-memory zone data design

[Peter Koch]

{catching up}

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:29:30AM -0700, JINMEI Tatuya / ?$B?@L at C#:H wrote:

> > Guilty as charged.  There are lots of wildcards in DE, albeit not immediately
> > under teh top level label.  However, there are lots of servers that serve
> > large numbers of (small) zones that do contain wildcard owners.
> 
> Hmm, interesting.  Do you know how often these wildcard records are
> used in DE?

i'll set something up.

> In the case of large-#-of-small zones, I guess it also
> depends on the expected total response performance.  I guess the
> vast majority of the small zones are very minor in such cases, and if
> the requested overall performance is moderate the additional overhead
> due to wildcards can be less substantial.

Depends on the actual figures.  Currently registrars/large dns operators
around here tend to prefer powerdns for both performance and ease of use
(DB backend).  So, to provide an attractive alternative, overhead needs
to be minimized.

-Peter