1RADRELAY(8) FreeRADIUS Daemon RADRELAY(8)
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6 radrelay -- Deprecated command.
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9 The functions of radrelay have been added to radiusd. One benefit is
10 that one instance of radiusd can read multiple detail files, among oth‐
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13 The rlm_sql_log module does something similar, but for SQL queries.
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17 Many sites run multiple radius servers; at least one primary and one
18 backup server. When the primary goes down, most NASes detect that and
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25 The result is that accounting records are missed, and/or the adminis‐
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27 files from multiple servers. It also means that the session database
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31 We solve this issue by "relaying" packets from one server to another,
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34 See raddb/sites-available/buffered-sql for more information.
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37 If the RADIUS server suddenly receives a many accounting packets, there
38 may be insufficient CPU power to process them all in a timely manner.
39 This problem is especially noticeable when the accounting packets are
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42 Similarly, you may have one database that tracks "live" sessions, and
43 another that tracks historical accounting data. In that case, access‐
44 ing the first database is fast, as it is small. Accessing the second
45 database many be slower, as it may contain multiple gigabytes of data.
46 In addition, writing to the first database in a timely manner is impor‐
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60 23 October 2007 RADRELAY(8)