DNS server with MySQL Backend

Tobias Speckbacher TSpeckbacher at quova.com
Sat Apr 2 01:21:09 UTC 2005


> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:59 PM
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> Subject: Re: DNS server with MySQL Backend
> 
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 03:23:07PM -0600, Bob Pierce wrote:
> > Does anybody know of a good DNS server with MySQL backend?
> > We're currently looking at MyDNS.
> > Has anybody had any experience with MyDNS or other MySQL driven DNS
> > servers under heavy load?

Here are some performance numbers for Bind_DLZ you may find interesting.
http://bind-dlz.sourceforge.net/perf_tests.html

> 
> Why do you want a MySQL back-end?  The DNS works just fine under look
> with the existing flat-file backends.

True but flat files sometimes don't provide the flexibility you might
need.
A web hosting company hosting 10's of thousands of domains might be a
good example.  Think about tech support needing to change an entry.  Or
automatic provisioning of domains, or parking domains.  

This is a lot easier to do with a DB backend.  Of course you could store
it all in a db and then write some scripts to dump the flat files and
cycle the server.  Doubt that would be very practical though.

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