Name Server Statistics


Root server statistics

A quick summary from Mark Kosters <markk@internic.net> for a.root-servers.net. On 1 November 1994 the figure was 70 queries per second. Queries per second for May 1995
  1. 69
  2. 90
  3. 62
  4. 80
  5. 84
  6. 64
  7. 54
In comparison, figures for May 1996
  1. 375
  2. 408
  3. 368
  4. 215
  5. 228
  6. 364
  7. 355

What do the stats outputs mean in the syslog?

RQ
sent us a query
RR
sent us an answer
RIQ
sent us an inverse query
RNXD
sent us a negative response
RFwdQ
sent us a query we had to fwd
RFwdR
sent us a response we had to fwd
RDupQ
sent us a retry
RDupR
sent us an extra answer
RFail
sent us a SERVFAIL
RFErr
sent us a FORMERR
RErr
sent us some other error
RTCP
sent us a query using TCP
RAXFR
sent us an AXFR
RLame
sent us a lame delegation
ROpts
sent us some IP options
SSysQ
sent them a sysquery
SAns
sent them an answer
SFwdQ
fwdd a query to them
SFwdR
fwdd a response to them
SDupQ
sent them a retry
SFail
sent them a SERVFAIL
SFErr
sent them a FORMERR
SErr
sent failed (in sendto)
RNotNsQ
received from remote port != ns_port
SNaAns
sent them a non autoritative answer
SNXD
sent them a negative response

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