What are some differences between PowerDNS and BIND/named?

Question

cPanel currently supports both the PowerDNS and BIND/named nameservers. What are some differences between these nameservers?

Answer

• PowerDNS supports DNSSEC in DNS clustering, while BIND/named does not.
• PowerDNS uses the pdns_control utility to control the nameserver functions, while BIND/named uses rndc to administer these functions.
• PowerDNS does not provide a recursive/caching nameserver and thus requires external nameservers in the resolv.conf file, while BIND/named does provide a recursive/caching nameserver.

You can read how to select either PowerDNS or BIND/named as a nameserver here:

Nameserver Selection