On Sep 27, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Tom Schmitt wrote:

> 
>> In this case "rndc reconfig" should be sufficient. This command tells
>> BIND to re-read config file and load all new zones without touching
>> any previously loaded zones.
> 
> This was my understanding (after reading the text from rndc) as well.
> But to my surprise:
> 
> I tested "rndc reload" against "rndc reconfig" on five differrent servers, 
> Solaris and Linux, 9.8.0 and 9.4.1. On all servers the same result:
> Both commands take roughly the same amount of time! Sometime rndc reconfig 
> even took a bit longer.
> 
> I have not the slightest clue why, I had suspected that rndc reconfig would 
> be much faster, especially is there is no altering in the config at all.


How are you testing this? 

'time rndc reconfing'? Or do you stop answering queries and time that? How long 
do things take? How big is your config? 

W

> 
> But the results are clear: rndc reconfig is no solution for me.
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