(RADIATOR) Xeon procs and session DB.

[Mahesh Neelakanta]

A technique we are experimenting with is to use a load balancer before
the radiusd processes. We setup a dual proc system with two IP
addresses. Then we run two radiusd processes where each process is bound
to a one of the IP addresses. Then the load balancer (foundry server
iron) is configured to load balance between the two IP addresses.
However, since we can do port based load balancing, we direct ACCT to
one I and AUTH to the other IP. By adding additional systems with a
similar config, we can direct ACCT/AUTH to the different systems without
having to modify any config files.

mahesh

-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh Irvine [mailto:hugh at open.com.au] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:33 PM
To: Wesley Hof
Cc: radiator at open.com.au
Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Xeon procs and session DB.



Hello Wesley -

The simplest way to make use of dual processors is to run two instances 
of "radiusd", one for authentication and the other for accounting.

You can use different databases for sessionDB and accounting by setting 
the DBSource lines in each clause appropriately.

regards

Hugh


On 16/12/2003, at 10:23 PM, Wesley Hof wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have 2 questions.
>
> 1) Radiator is based on perl, so I suppose that dual-proc machines 
> don't have
>    any purpose ? What about a machine with a xeon proc ?
>
> 2) Is the sessionDB split-up from the accounting DB?
>
> Thanks.
> W.
>
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NB: have you included a copy of your configuration file (no secrets),
together with a trace 4 debug showing what is happening?

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