[RADIATOR] VM or physical

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

>    We are in process of virtualising our physical radius servers (to vmware)
>    and wanted to get a general feel from users in the community here to see
>    what is the preferred option, keep running on physical servers or move to
>    vm... Obviously each option has it's own benefits and limitations, but as
>    far as Radiator itself, any word of advise on what is the better platform?
>    Anyone had any issues with running under vm worth mentioning?
>    Current Radiator servers setup in an active/active configuration with each
>    of those servers processing around 1200 packets/min of dot1x auth for
>    wireless networks and VPN with a number of handlers with pre/post hooks
>    etc...

I'd advise that you benchmark your requirements to ensure the platform can deal
with the requirements... your 1200 isnt much though....  there are documents
and various articles showing poorer UDP performance with virtual platforms
we certainly had an issue and had to keep a physical box 

alan