Re: dns avg service time

From: Adalto Silva Correia Filho <adalto@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 17:18:21 -0300 (GRNLNDST)

Hi D.,

> First thing you can do is try increasing the size of your ipcache and
> fqdn cache in the config. Double 'em. Triple 'em. Add a zero. That'll
> hold you some until you can address the _real_ problem, which is that
> name lookups on the DNS machine aren't completing in a timely fashion.
>
        Ok. I'll do it and see what happens next.
        
> Off the top of my pointy little head, I see a couple possibilities:
>
> 1) Your DNS box is too busy. Point to a less heavily loaded DNS server.

        That could be a point! Is there any tool to measure the overload
upon a DNS Server? (Iagh! That one was way out off topic, wasn't it? :)

Thanks in advance,

Adalto
Received on Wed Mar 03 1999 - 13:09:28 MST

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