> On May 21, 2025, at 3:38 PM, Ben Scott <bsc...@isc.org> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Philip Prindeville via bind-users" >> To: "bind-users" >> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2025 5:20:59 PM >> Subject: Significant memory usage > >> What I’ve noticed is that at startup I’m using about 33K pages as the VSZ >> (per >> top on x86_64 hardware). > > VSZ (virtual size) just counts the number of virtual memory pages associated > with the process in some way. That includes RAM, but also memory mapped > files, devices, sparse pages that will never be backed by anything, etc. You > need to look at RSS (resident size) to monitor actual RAM usage. > > The results of "rdnc stats" and/or the "statistics-channels" will provide > BIND-specific statistics. The former can be run without preparation; the > latter is a bit friendlier but needs a config change. > > https://kb.isc.org/docs/monitoring-recommendations-for-bind-9 > > https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00769 > > https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01123 > > —Ben
Dumb question… how do you turn on statistics-channel when building bind? I’m not seeing an option for it in ./configure -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
