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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

Other than getting the updated zone files when they are published, there 
should be no reason for a fully-slaved t2 server (where they are slaving 
ALL of the TLDs) to query a t1 server.  But if you are comparing a 
minimal slaved t2 (which only contains the root zone and the dns zone), 
then I agree there would be very little difference between that and a 
hints config.


On 02/18/2013 03:44 PM, Psilo wrote:
> Yes actually I am reading your shiny new wiki pages (nicely written 
> btw) and I saw you are recommending the slave config for public T2 
> servers, that's why I am asking.
>
> The difference in behaviour is minimal because as far as I have read, 
> both servers will query the T1 when they don't have the answer, then 
> store or cache it locally, and answer as authoritative. A difference 
> in behaviour does appear when the T1 is offline though, where the 
> slave continues to operate for a longer period of time. I have just 
> read a benchmark concluding there is not much difference in traffic, 
> but the response time can be a bit better on slave than hint.
>
> I am sticking to my slave config for now, as you recommend.