diff --git a/roles/dns/files/named.conf b/roles/dns/files/named.conf
index 908da089ff..8031d74ec6 100644
--- a/roles/dns/files/named.conf
+++ b/roles/dns/files/named.conf
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ options {
         pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";
         statistics-file "/var/log/named.stats";
         provide-ixfr no;
-	tcp-clients 1000;
+	tcp-clients 10000;
 
         version "cowbell++";
 
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ options {
         notify yes;
         minimal-responses yes;
         // rate-limit requests
+        max-ncache-ttl 3600;
+        max-cache-size  1024M;
         rate-limit {
-                responses-per-second 25;
+                responses-per-second 50;
                 window 5;
+                max-table-size  2000000;
+                min-table-size  500000;
+                ipv4-prefix-length 32;
         };
 };
 //