RE: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-12-07 Thread Frank Bulk
30, 2011 4:51 AM To: Phil Mayers Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: Choosing max-journal-size On 30/11/2011 10:32, Phil Mayers wrote: > We sort of did this accidentally. "max-journal-size" wasn't being set on > our servers - the .jnl file for "imperial.ac.uk" w

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Michael Graff
On Nov 30, 2011, at 4:09 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: >> On 11/29/2011 11:33 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: >> I wonder if an external tool to "trim" the journal would be an option? You'd >> need a timestamp on records (relying on the RRSIGs mean it only works for >> signed). Not sure about the

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Phil Mayers
On 30/11/11 12:10, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 30/11/11 10:09, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: Well, that's way too much. The main point of journal is imho to provide On 30.11.11 11:51, Phil Mayers wrote: I think this is a decision for each operator to make themselves. I was trying to ex

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Shumon Huque
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:09:48AM +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > Well, that's way too much. The main point of journal is imho to > provide IXFR, and IXFR is only worth using when its size is smaller > than AXFRs. > > That means jnl should not get (much) bigger than zone file itself. > (un

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Sam Wilson
In article , Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > >On 30/11/11 10:09, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > >>Well, that's way too much. The main point of journal is imho to provide > > On 30.11.11 11:51, Phil Mayers wrote: > >I think this is a decision for each operator to make themselves. > > I was try

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 30/11/11 10:09, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: Well, that's way too much. The main point of journal is imho to provide On 30.11.11 11:51, Phil Mayers wrote: I think this is a decision for each operator to make themselves. I was trying to explain that there are reasonable limits over which

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Phil Mayers
On 30/11/11 10:09, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: Well, that's way too much. The main point of journal is imho to provide I think this is a decision for each operator to make themselves. ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-use

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Anand Buddhdev
On 30/11/2011 10:32, Phil Mayers wrote: > We sort of did this accidentally. "max-journal-size" wasn't being set on > our servers - the .jnl file for "imperial.ac.uk" was nearly 2Gb... oops. > > The value I set it to eventually was pretty big - 128M globally - which > on our biggest zones seems to

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 11/29/2011 11:33 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: With a mixture of small and large zones, signed and unsigned, choosing sensible values for max-journal-size can become rather tedious (unless one is prepared to to say "disc space is cheap, make them all "). On 30.11.11 09:32, Phil Mayers wrote: We

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Doug Barton
On 11/30/2011 01:23, Phil Mayers wrote: > On 11/29/2011 11:53 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 11/29/2011 15:33, Chris Thompson wrote: >>> With a mixture of small and large zones, signed and unsigned, choosing >>> sensible values for max-journal-size can become rather tedious (unless >>> one is prepare

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Phil Mayers
On 11/29/2011 11:33 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: With a mixture of small and large zones, signed and unsigned, choosing sensible values for max-journal-size can become rather tedious (unless one is prepared to to say "disc space is cheap, make them all "). We sort of did this accidentally. "max-jo

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-30 Thread Phil Mayers
On 11/29/2011 11:53 PM, Doug Barton wrote: On 11/29/2011 15:33, Chris Thompson wrote: With a mixture of small and large zones, signed and unsigned, choosing sensible values for max-journal-size can become rather tedious (unless one is prepared to to say "disc space is cheap, make them all"). I

Re: Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-29 Thread Doug Barton
On 11/29/2011 15:33, Chris Thompson wrote: > With a mixture of small and large zones, signed and unsigned, choosing > sensible values for max-journal-size can become rather tedious (unless > one is prepared to to say "disc space is cheap, make them all "). I'm quite prepared to say that, especiall

Choosing max-journal-size

2011-11-29 Thread Chris Thompson
With a mixture of small and large zones, signed and unsigned, choosing sensible values for max-journal-size can become rather tedious (unless one is prepared to to say "disc space is cheap, make them all "). What I would really like is an option that discards increments applied sufficiently long