RE: {bb} Bbgen + dns

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 22:12, Kimberly McKinnis wrote:
> Shhh! I installed Hobbit on a second server. Then the first release had
> some major major bugs and I don't consider it ready for production yet. 
> 
> Anyway, if this is an intentional behavior, then I do have a problem, I
> just have to find it. 
> Oddly, also bbgen is *not* going red on ssh where it closes the socket
> immediately, like I read it was supposed to. 

First the disclaimer :) I don't use BBgen or Hobbit, so I can't provide
any specific help. But, since Henrik has not provided the definitive
reply yet, I'm willing to speculate.

ISTR that recent Bbgen versions used a custom library for DNS lookups,
for efficiency. As a result, it might actually tax your DNS server(s)
more than traditional BB. I'd either try to configure the library
(or Bbgen) to throttle it's DNS usage, or maybe add a DNS server for
your BB servers to use. That way, any spikes should not affect your
other tests.

Cheers, Phil.



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