HI All, How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. Same question as above, just a Vyatta type device, Firewalling....? -ML
On Mon, Oct 05, 2009, ML wrote:>HI All, > >How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 >servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes >with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes.Not fast at all. We have run them on Pentium 75s and 486 boxes without much RAM since the early 1990s. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 Never chastise a Windows user...just smile at them kindly as you would a disadvantaged child. WBM
At Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:42:17 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:> > HI All, > > How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 > servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes > with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes.The PIII's should be more than fast enough, esp. if they are not doing anything else.> > Same question as above, just a Vyatta type device, Firewalling....?Ditto.> > -ML > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >-- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
ML wrote:> HI All, > > How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 > servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes > with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes.Your watch is probably sufficient. nate
ML wrote:> HI All, > > How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 > servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes > with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. > > Same question as above, just a Vyatta type device, Firewalling....? >I ran authoritative DNS for about 50 domains off a p1 100mhz 512MB box for years, but it was running a much older kernel. I'd consider RELIABILITY far more important than speed. key to DNS reliablity is to have an offsite backup for any authoritative DNS. my homebrew DNS network involves my home box on my DSL, my friend's home box who is in a different LATA and on a different ISP, and a proper server colocated in a data center, in yet a different city on a different backbone. between these three systems, we're pretty damn robust for something completely free.
>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] OnBehalf>Of ML >Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:42 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: [CentOS] How fast? > >How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 >servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes >with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. > >Same question as above, just a Vyatta type device, Firewalling....?My own experience is from my home network with mainly Windows-machines (three Win2k3 and three WinXP) and one linux webserver, plus the linux firewall appliance and the networked printer. On two of the Win2k3 servers, the DC's, I've installed a caching DNS. It's more than enough for my small LAN. Any lookups the internal DNS can't handle is forwarded to my ISP's DNS. In any case, the machines running the DNS services, Amd Athlon/1200 with 1,5GB RAM and the other's a Amd Sempron/3000 with 2GB RAM. NB, this is Windows. I'd imagine running linux on the same hardware as above and w/o X is more than enough to handle the load. As for firewalling, the mentioned linux firewall appliance runs off of a Amd Athlon/750 (or was it 850...?) with 512MB RAM. More than enough in any case. I used a P2 a few years back, and it was very quiet and pleasant, until the hardware gave up... 8-/ Anywat, the mentioned Compaqs are ideally suited for this. Go for it! -- /Sorin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 5106 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091006/fa795c93/attachment-0002.bin>