[Mimedefang] 40K+ emails a day and choking update

[-ray]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, David F. Skoll wrote:

>> A caching DNS server running on the same box can help?
>
> Maybe.  A caching server still has to do the initial lookups, and
> if the cache miss rate is high enough, you'll still have problems.
> But in general, a caching server is a good idea.

What if your DNS servers are in the same rack, on the same switch as mail 
servers.  Network latency is <200 usecs.  In that case is there much 
advantage to a caching server on the same box as mail?

ray
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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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