Modifying DHCP server to use database backend

andy goldstein amgoldst at hotmail.com
Fri Jul 29 15:03:29 UTC 2005


> > (Should the in-memory database be able to handle
> > this large a number of subnets?)
>
>It was never designed with that in mind.   In principle it can do
>this right now, as long as you crank the renewal time out long
>enough, but server reloads become more expensive the more leases
>you're supporting.

Are there any DHCP servers available that will support over 60,000 subnets?  
I've looked on Google but I haven't had much luck coming up with a list of 
servers out there, other than ISC DHCPD, Lucent QIP and the DHCP server that 
comes with Windows Server.

Thanks,
Andy




More information about the dhcp-hackers mailing list