Major Load please help

[Peter Bonivart]

Kevin Spicer wrote:
> On name resolution, you need a caching nameserver as others have pointed
> out.  I've also heard of performance problems in the past caused by the
> name service cache daemon (nscd) on Solaris.  It may be worth disabling
> it once you have a caching nameserver in place [I don't think this
> causes problems, but I'd suggest testing on another system or at least
> googling for advice, as I'm speaking from memory]

I agree, if you already run BIND on it you're better off with it as a
caching nameserver than using nscd which has had problems in the past. I
don't know of any currently and I run it myself with no problems at all
though. I assume your system is patched with a recent recommended patch
cluster?

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