From 06318a8c5c79e1150b58535721c9c19b6d981c9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Vcelak Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:55:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] max-zone-size: extend documentation --- doc/reference.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/reference.rst b/doc/reference.rst index 89473dce4..094ab3981 100644 --- a/doc/reference.rst +++ b/doc/reference.rst @@ -1013,8 +1013,13 @@ Maximum size of the zone journal file. max-zone-size ---------------- -Maximum size of the zone, used to limit AXFR and IXFR zone trasnfer. -Size is measured in wire format without compression. +Maximum size of the zone. The size is measured as size of the zone records +in wire format without compression. The limit is enforced for incoming zone +transfers. + +For incremental transfers (IXFR), the effective limit for the total size of +the records in the transfer is twice the configured value. However the final +size of the zone must satisfy the configured value. *Default:* 2^64 -- 2.26.2