(RADIATOR) Large number of handlers

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello David -

I neglected to answer your second question yesterday.

Include files are only read once at startup (as are hooks), so yes, any 
changes will require a restart of Radiator.

regards

Hugh


On Monday 24 September 2001 14:46, David Napier wrote:
> Hi All :)
>
> I was wondering if there were any performance stats, or maximum file sizes
> in the Radiator config files? Due to a phone numbering problem, I'm facing
> a situation where for a period of time some of our radiator boxes will
> require about 50000 handlers, and yes, Radiator is the only option.
>
> I'm hoping that the numbering problem will be fixed before the load becomes
> too heavy, however it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that there will be
> 2 requests per second. I know that Radiator goes through each handler
> sequentially, so I'm fairly worried about authentication time. Can you
> perhaps nest <Handler>s so that I could have 8 main handlers (one for each
> state/territory), and <Handler>s under of these for each phone number?
>
> Another question I have regards the reading of the included files in
> radius.cfg. Are these read once at radiusd startup so that any changes
> require a restart of Radiator, or are they read on the fly?
>
> I'm not very knowledgeable of Radiator, and I'm stuck between a rock and a
> hard place here, any ideas or help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers :)
>
> David Napier
>
>
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