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> The <B
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>rec_control get</B
> command can be used to query the following keys, either single keys or multiple keys
at once:
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>all-outqueries counts the number of outgoing UDP queries since starting
answers0-1 counts the number of queries answered within 1 milisecond
answers100-1000 counts the number of queries answered within 1 second
answers10-100 counts the number of queries answered within 100 miliseconds
answers1-10 counts the number of queries answered within 10 miliseconds
answers-slow counts the number of queries answered after 1 second
cache-entries shows the number of entries in the cache
cache-hits counts the number of cache hits since starting
cache-misses counts the number of cache misses since starting
chain-resends number of queries chained to existing outstanding query
client-parse-errors counts number of client packets that could not be parsed
concurrent-queries shows the number of MThreads currently running
dlg-only-drops number of records dropped because of delegation only setting
negcache-entries shows the number of entries in the Negative answer cache
noerror-answers counts the number of times it answered NOERROR since starting
nsspeeds-entries shows the number of entries in the NS speeds map
nsset-invalidations number of times an nsset was dropped because it no longer worked
nxdomain-answers counts the number of times it answered NXDOMAIN since starting
outgoing-timeouts counts the number of timeouts on outgoing UDP queries since starting
qa-latency shows the current latency average
questions counts all End-user initiated queries with the RD bit set
resource-limits counts number of queries that could not be performed because of resource limits
server-parse-errors counts number of server replied packets that could not be parsed
servfail-answers counts the number of times it answered SERVFAIL since starting
spoof-prevents number of times PowerDNS considered itself spoofed, and dropped the data
sys-msec number of CPU milliseconds spent in 'system' mode
tcp-client-overflow number of times an IP address was denied TCP access because it already had too many connections
tcp-outqueries counts the number of outgoing TCP queries since starting
tcp-questions counts all incoming TCP queries (since starting)
throttled-out counts the number of throttled outgoing UDP queries since starting
throttle-entries shows the number of entries in the throttle map
unauthorized-tcp number of TCP questions denied because of allow-from restrictions
unauthorized-udp number of UDP questions denied because of allow-from restrictions
unexpected-packets number of answers from remote servers that were unexpected (might point to spoofing)
uptime number of seconds process has been running (since 3.1.5)
user-msec number of CPU milliseconds spent in 'user' mode
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In the <TT
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> Every half our or so, the recursor outputs a line with statistics. More infrastructure is planned so as to allow
for Cricket or MRTG graphs. To force the output of statistics, send the process a SIGUSR1. A line of statistics looks
like this:
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>Feb 10 14:16:03 stats: 125784 questions, 13971 cache entries, 309 negative entries, 84% cache hits, outpacket/query ratio 37%, 12% throttled</PRE
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This means that there are 13791 different names cached, which each may have multiple records attached to them. There are 309 items
in the negative cache, items of which it is known that don't exist and won't do so for the near future. 84% of incoming questions
could be answered without any additional queries going out to the net.
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> The outpacket/query ratio means that on average, 0.37 packets were needed to answer a question. Initially this ratio may be well over 100%
as additional queries may be needed to actually recurse the DNS and figure out the addresses of nameservers.
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> Finally, 12% of queries were not performed because identical queries had gone out previously, saving load servers worldwide.
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