Re: How does load balancing operate on >1 forwarders

In message , Jo nathan Reed writes: > > bind 9.6.1-P2. > > I've dumped it to its file. > $ sudo rndc dumpdb > $ cat named_dump.db > ... > ; Unassociated entries > ; > ; 10.0.0.3 [srtt 610620] [flags 2000] [ttl 1721] > ; 10.0.0.2 [srtt 16654] [flags 2000] [ttl 1721] > ;

Re: How does load balancing operate on >1 forwarders

bind 9.6.1-P2. I've dumped it to its file. $ sudo rndc dumpdb $ cat named_dump.db ... ; Unassociated entries ; ; 10.0.0.3 [srtt 610620] [flags 2000] [ttl 1721] ; 10.0.0.2 [srtt 16654] [flags 2000] [ttl 1721] ; 10.0.0.1 [srtt 375289] [flags 2000] [ttl 1721] ... So I c

Re: How does load balancing operate on >1 forwarders

A long time ago it used to be in turn, but all current versions of BIND sort the forwarders based on a preference value (SRTT) that's derived from the RTT of previous query/query response interactions, with a 'time since we last tried this server' incorporated so that servers that aren't top of the

How does load balancing operate on >1 forwarders

I have the forwarders statement to fwd queries to a few DNS servers on my LAN. forwarders { 10.0.0.1; 10.0.0.2; 10.0.0.3; } The bind documentation says that these fwders are queried "in turn", but what exactly does that mean? I understand it to mean tha