> The FreeBSD pthread library and BIND don't work well together. If > you use the libthr library, performance goes up.
I still didn't make tests with this lib, but I rebuilt everything on FreeBSD 6.0 and got nice numbers: DNS performance numbers on FreeBSD 6.0 queries / s Int bind (d_t) bind (e_t) nsd (1_s) nsd (2_s) --- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- bge-UP 39682 26004 42070 41983 bge-SMP 37401 18272 42313 41092 d_t: disable threads e_t: enable threads (libpthread) 1_s: 1 server forked 2_s: 2 server forked Bind: 9.2.3 NSD: 3.0.2 bge: HP Blade BL35p, Broadcom NIC, FreeBSD 6.0 Client: Dell 1750, Intel NIC, FreeBSD 4.11 UP running queryperf And running Bind 9.4.0b4 on the same setup: queries / s Int bind (d_t) bind (e_t) bind (e_a) --- ---------- ---------- ---------- bge-SMP 37470 39063 39035 d_t: disable threads e_t: enable threads (libpthread) e_a: enable threads and enable atomic Well, bge 'get along' in UDP traffic on FreeBSD 6.0. -- Att., Marcelo Gardini NIC .br _______________________________________________ freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"