[Sunhelp] Sizing a DNS server

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Khoury [mailto:pkhoury2 at loop.com]
> 
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 12:42:36 -0500, Reagen Ward wrote:
> >I had a lot of problems with MacDNS and keep it up, and it 
> was barely getting
> >touched on a 7600.  I'd blame the application more than the 
> hardware / OS.  If
> >you can afford to replace it temporarily, I'd suggest 
> experimenting with
> >NetBSD on that quadra.
> >
> 
> While on this topic, what about running Solaris 7 on an SS1+ 
> with BIND 8?

You don't really want to run Solaris 7 on an SS1+, trust me.  I've loaded it
on my SS2s a couple of times (64MB of ram), and it's pretty dog slow.
Unfortunately, I can't stand BSD-style *nix, and Linux is about the same
speed as Solaris 7.  
	Greg