RE: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-07-06 Thread Craig Gittens
Hey Dan, I don't want to step on toes.It seems like the root problem here is to fix the communication between the Radius server and the SQL server. Is it some sort of remote link? Regards, Craig. === Archive at http://www.open.com.au/archives/radiator/ Announcements on [EMAIL PROTECTED] To

Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-06-30 Thread Hugh Irvine
.934.2800 1.888.ON.GO.YET -Original Message- From: Dan Melomedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance Hugh Irvine wrote: Hello Dan - It would be fairly simple to have Radiator write

Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-06-30 Thread Hugh Irvine
Hello Dan - It seems to me there is a fundamental problem in trying to design something that relies on an SQL database, but should keep working without problems if the database goes away? Most operators that I have worked with tend to run their databases on large fault-tolerant SQL server mach

Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-06-30 Thread Dan Melomedman
Hugh Irvine wrote: > > Hello Dan - > > It would be fairly simple to have Radiator write to a flat file for > accounting, and then have a cron job or similar load the data into the > database periodically. You will find a simple utility to do this in the > file "goodies/radimportacct". > > reg

Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-06-30 Thread Hugh Irvine
Hello Dan - We try to make Radiator good at dealing with radius requests, while at the same time providing you with a wide range of facilities allowing you to interface with other systems. As mentioned previously there are alternatives available if database access cannot be assured. regards H

RE: Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-06-30 Thread Tony Bunce
ssage- From: Dan Melomedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance Hugh Irvine wrote: > > Hello Dan - > > It would be fairly simple to have Radiator write to a flat file for >

Fwd: Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-06-30 Thread Dan Melomedman
Hugh Irvine wrote: > > Hello Dan - > > It would be fairly simple to have Radiator write to a flat file for > accounting, and then have a cron job or similar load the data into the > database periodically. You will find a simple utility to do this in the > file "goodies/radimportacct". I was h

Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-06-30 Thread Bret Jordan
Why not just use a redundant authenticator, most DBs including LDAP engines can sync between multiple servers, then just point radiator at each one and if it can not talk to the first it will fail over to the next... Or better yet, just use a Foundry Server Iron (Layer 7 switch) to sit between

Re: (RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-06-30 Thread Hugh Irvine
Hello Dan - It would be fairly simple to have Radiator write to a flat file for accounting, and then have a cron job or similar load the data into the database periodically. You will find a simple utility to do this in the file "goodies/radimportacct". regards Hugh On Tuesday, Jul 1, 2003, a

(RADIATOR) Database support fault tolerance

2003-06-30 Thread Dan Melomedman
Our users are getting sick and tired due to RADIUS service unavailability every time something happens to the network where the database server sits, or the database server itself. To remind, we use LDAP for authentication, and SQL Server for sessions/logging. LDAP has been great, where database co