Re: [Mimedefang] 40K+ emails a day and choking update

2006-01-11 Thread David F. Skoll
-ray wrote: > What if your DNS servers are in the same rack, on the same switch as > mail servers. Network latency is <200 usecs. In that case is there > much advantage to a caching server on the same box as mail? Probably not. In that case, a caching server on the mail box would probably hurt

Re: [Mimedefang] 40K+ emails a day and choking update

2006-01-10 Thread -ray
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, David F. Skoll wrote: A caching DNS server running on the same box can help? Maybe. A caching server still has to do the initial lookups, and if the cache miss rate is high enough, you'll still have problems. But in general, a caching server is a good idea. What if your

Re: [Mimedefang] 40K+ emails a day and choking update

2006-01-10 Thread David F. Skoll
Gary Funck wrote: > A caching DNS server running on the same box can help? Maybe. A caching server still has to do the initial lookups, and if the cache miss rate is high enough, you'll still have problems. But in general, a caching server is a good idea. Regards, David. __

RE: [Mimedefang] 40K+ emails a day and choking update

2006-01-10 Thread Gary Funck
> From: David F. Skoll > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:35 PM > > Ah. That screams network problems. DNS latencies can kill you, > especially if you're using SURBL lookups inside SpamAssassin. > High DNS latency causes slave processes to build up. A caching DNS server running on the same bo

Re: [Mimedefang] 40K+ emails a day and choking update

2006-01-10 Thread David F. Skoll
Stephen Ford wrote: > Ok, this is odd. At 7:30PM all of a sudden, the > server started purring along. Ah. That screams network problems. DNS latencies can kill you, especially if you're using SURBL lookups inside SpamAssassin. High DNS latency causes slave processes to build up. Regards, Dav