have you done any stresstesting with bind to see if it can handle 40,000 entries? i'm pretty sure it would have no problem..... -r On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, William X. Walsh wrote: > > I'm still looking for at least 4 more RSPs before I set this up. > > If anyone else is interested, or has a question, please contact me > offlist. > > Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested. > > Friday, March 09, 2001, 6:41:51 PM, William X. Walsh wrote: > > > > I know from some random checking that most of you have your dns > > servers in the same IP block, and have no remote dns secondary. > > > I may have a way for you to get a remote secondary, at a flat monthly > > rate, for up to several thousand unique zones. > > > Essentially it is a dedicated machine for pretty much dns only. It > > would start with 256MB ram, but I would add more as usage goes up. > > > Essentially I am looking for 6 people to share the costs, in return > > you would get a control panel for adding master or slave zones to the > > bind configuration, and the capacity for at least 4,000 zones each, on > > a this machine that will be used for this purpose only. > > > I would set the reload to every 2 hours to start, but enabled sudo for > > you to ssh in and and do a manual reload if necessary. > > > I could also add remote MX hosting to this box if the 6 people were > > interested, but that might lower the maximum zone capacity some if it > > is going to be doing that as well. > > > The costs would be $75/mo each. A setup fee of $175 each will cover > > the initial costs of the box (it's an existing 1U a colleague is > > trying to sell at cost, under a month old, P3-800Mhz), and would also > > cover the first month service. > > > The machine would have a unique IP address for each of you, which you > > can register as a nameserver host so that the hostname will match your > > existing nameserver naming structure. > > > Payment would be monthly, recurring by CC, or quarterly if paying by > > check. > > > If there is enough interest, I can setup more of these kinds of > > dedicated dns boxes, but I'm really only looking to get this one > > setup. > > > I would let the number of users go up to as high as 10, and the cost > > per user will go down to $50/mo if there are 10. I want at least 6 > > to get it rolling. If there are initially more than 6, I'll lower the > > setup cost also. The server can be setup within 2 days of getting > > everyone signed on. > > > Call me at 877-291-3339 if interested, or email me offlist. > > > > > -- > Best regards, > William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
