BIND performance test on different OS
Internet Systems Consortium has tested the performance of the BIND DNS server on different OSs. Honestly, the results struck me - I did not expect such a spread.
PS By the way, I personally recommend using djbdns as a DNS server, not BIND - for security reasons, although I’m sure that it also outperforms BIND in performance (I tested it many years ago and I don’t think the situation has changed).
| OS | Queries / second |
|---|---|
| Linux Gentoo 2.6.20.7 | 93,000 |
| Linux Fedora Core 2.6.20.7 | 87,000 |
| FreeBSD-7-CURRENT 200708 | 84,000 |
| FreeBSD-6-stable 200708 | 55,000 |
| FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE | 51,000 |
| Solaris-10 DevelExpr 5/07 | 50,000 |
| NetBSD-4.0-Beta 200708 | 42,000 |
| OpenBSD 4.1-snap-20070427 | 35,000 |
| Windows 2003 Server | 22,000 |
| Windows XP Pro64 5.2.3790 SP2 | 20,000 |
PS By the way, I personally recommend using djbdns as a DNS server, not BIND - for security reasons, although I’m sure that it also outperforms BIND in performance (I tested it many years ago and I don’t think the situation has changed).
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/20445/
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