Re: Can I build a new DNS/BIND system parallel to our existing DNS production system?

2012-05-03 Thread Peter Andreev
Hello, Samad, Another way to estimate you query rate is using system's udp counters. Not as precise as query logging, but doesn't cause performance drop in case of high query rates and accurate enough for estimation. 2012/5/4 Samad Agha > Thanks Daniel, I really appreciate your help. > > SA > >

Re: Can I build a new DNS/BIND system parallel to our existing DNS production system?

2012-05-03 Thread Samad Agha
Thanks Daniel, I really appreciate your help. SA On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Daniel Deighton wrote: > > > On 05/03/2012 02:44 PM, Samad Agha wrote: > > Thanks for your help Eivind. > > > >>Depends, how long is a piece of string? I don't know what amount of > >>traffic you're currently seeing

Re: Can I build a new DNS/BIND system parallel to our existing DNS production system?

2012-05-03 Thread Daniel Deighton
On 05/03/2012 02:44 PM, Samad Agha wrote: > Thanks for your help Eivind. > >>Depends, how long is a piece of string? I don't know what amount of >>traffic you're currently seeing, or what your uptime requirements are. > > - Are there tools to find out about current amount of traffic? > - Our u

Re: Can I build a new DNS/BIND system parallel to our existing DNS production system?

2012-05-03 Thread Samad Agha
Thanks for your help Eivind. >Depends, how long is a piece of string? I don't know what amount of >traffic you're currently seeing, or what your uptime requirements are. - Are there tools to find out about current amount of traffic? - Our uptime requirements are basically from 6am to 6pm during c

Re: Can I build a new DNS/BIND system parallel to our existing DNS production system?

2012-05-03 Thread John Miller
Hi Samad, It's entirely possible to roll out a parallel BIND installation. We're doing something similar at Brandeis right now--a mix of BIND and PowerDNS servers. I take it that your current BIND setup is purely authoritative? Or is it also handling recursive requests? John On 05/03/20

Re: Can I build a new DNS/BIND system parallel to our existing DNS production system?

2012-05-03 Thread Eivind Olsen
Samad Agha wrote: > 1- Is it possible to treat the entire environment as brand new, start > building a couple of Linux name servers running the latest and greatest > BIND S/W, start populating it in parallel with our current production > system, and once the new system is completely up and running

Can I build a new DNS/BIND system parallel to our existing DNS production system?

2012-05-03 Thread Samad Agha
Dear DNS/BIND gurus, I am the sole Unix/Linux/Backup Admin for a midsize city in California. I also inherited a old DNS/BIND (BIND 8.2.2-P5) system running on a Sun-Fire-V210 with Solaris 8 on it. The city is comprised of a hotchpotch of many Windows domains/domain-controllers, WINS servers, and