Small home linksys router running open WRT can do the job, with 16MB of RAM and some low powered MIPS CPU.
On Saturday, September 19, 2009, Frank Bulk <frnk...@iname.com> wrote: > Perhaps the inverse would be more interesting: what's the lowest-spec > hardware that could host an OS that would run the latest version of BIND. =) > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org > [mailto:bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Barry Margolin > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 12:09 AM > To: comp-protocols-dns-b...@isc.org > Subject: Re: Migrating DNS servers, need advice on hardware > > In article <mailman.535.1253329254.14796.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, > Kaya Saman <samank...@netscape.net> wrote: > >> > >> > Since you haven't mentioned how many zones and records you're hosting, >> > how do you expect anyone to guess how much hardware you need? >> > >> > >> Yes thank you for pointing that out! I do apologize as I mentioned I've >> just finished my studies and am as of yet quite in-experienced yet with >> certain things so please do not frown upon me for that! - I know many >> people here are top notch pro's and I do not fall into that category but >> someone who is eager to get there :-) >> >> Anyhow, I have 4 zone files for 1 domain currently and I'm using 2 >> views; internal and external. I hope to expand too once I have more >> finances available to me and start mirroring Linux distros and perhaps >> even OpenSolaris and BSD as well. But for now it's fairly simple stuff! >> >> I have noticed however that with the current setup my secondary DNS is >> getting used quite a bit too as both systems are doing quite a few >> translations - luckily I have a Cisco router in place so my WAN >> connection is stable and does not crash like with a consumer based >> router...... > > In private email, he told me he has 59 forward and reverse records in > the internal view, and 22 of each in the external view. > > This is nothing. A 10-year-old Pentium should be able to handle this > without breaking a sweat. > > -- > Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu > Arlington, MA > *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** > _______________________________________________ > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > > _______________________________________________ > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
