On Sat, 18 Oct 2008, Attila Nagy wrote: > So I wonder, would anybody like the idea of having memcached as a(n optional) > storage backend for unbound? (and of course take the time to write the code? > :) > Pros: > - if you have n machines, you can use n times the memory and increase hit > rate Do resolvers these days actually use more then 8GB of RAM? Because a 1000 euro 1U server comes with 8GB and a quadcore cpu. > - you will get consistent results, no matter what server you asked Mind you that you're just changing the time stamp of the old->new record change. While you can argue about helping bad administrators getting rid of bad long TTL records, you can also reason the other way where a bad administrator's mistake will show up sooner before he corrects it. I think in general, one should not base an architecture on such a corner case. > ps: http://www.danga.com/memcached/ Interesting concept... Paul