Modifying DHCP server to use database backend

[Nick Garfield]

Nominum have a product too - look at their pages.  They claim it has
very high performance and have some references on their site.=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dhcp-hackers-bounce at isc.org=20
> [mailto:dhcp-hackers-bounce at isc.org] On Behalf Of andy goldstein
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 5:03 PM
> To: dhcp-hackers at isc.org
> Subject: Re: Modifying DHCP server to use database backend
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> > > (Should the in-memory database be able to handle
> > > this large a number of subnets?)
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> >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.
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> Are there any DHCP servers available that will support over=20
> 60,000 subnets? =20
> I've looked on Google but I haven't had much luck coming up=20
> with a list of=20
> servers out there, other than ISC DHCPD, Lucent QIP and the=20
> DHCP server that=20
> comes with Windows Server.
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> Thanks,
> Andy
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