Search Again: Re: Upgrade? From: Mia''s Virtual Post Office Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 Time: 1:42:36 pm Peter Lalor said: >> > Q. if I change servers, from 6150/66 72 megs to a 7300/200 128 megs, >>> would I notice any performance boost in dns resolving ??? >>> This would be the only change. >> >>There might be some slight speed increase going from 66MHz to 200 MHz, but it >>would probably be barely noticeable, if at all. Name service is a pretty low >>overhead activity, cpu-wise. Time spent waiting for other servers to answer >>queries is probably much more significant. > >Which brings up a related question: I'm considering bringing up a >sparc 2 running BIND and I'd like to compare it to our QDNS servers >(purely in terms of resolution speed, of course). How would I do that? >-- I am not sure how fair of a test this is. You could put QDNS on a MacPlus (if it will install on it) and connect it to the net via a 2400baud modem, and it would still likely be faster than a Sparc2. jer www.hostdrive.com "VC" You know, "VC" used to stand for VietCong.. Now it stands for Venture Capitalist... I ask you; what's the difference? Hey, I bought my Apple Stock @ $18, WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!!!

Messages In This Thread: Re: Upgrade? by Peter Lalor on Jun 13, 2000 at 1:39:46 pm Re: Upgrade? by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Jun 13, 2000 at 1:42:36 pm Re: Upgrade? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 13, 2000 at 1:47:28 pm