[nsd-users] NSD 4 / OS limitation problem?

Jeroen Massar jeroen at massar.ch
Thu Jul 2 10:01:14 UTC 2015


On 2015-07-02 11:26, Fredrik Pettai wrote:
[..]
>>> While I know that the database is much bigger in NSD4, this shouldn’t be a problem for a modern OS.
>> [..]
>>> (OS is NetBSD 6_STABLE)
>>
>> 32 or 64 bit?
> 
> I forgot it was a 32-bit machine… time to upgrade.

32-bit definitely won't cut if.

>> Also how much memory does the box have physically?
> 
> 8 GB, but I could be that I hit the 32-bit limit.

Won't help as each process still has a 3 GiB limit in that case.

Note that putting more mem in it while you are at it is likely a good idea.

Also note that with DNSSEC enabled everything magically explodes, thus
much more mem is definitely needed.

Greets,
 Jeroen



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