I have the choice of selecting between two servers for deploying 802.1x authentication off a LDAP server. The max rate of authentication is around a couple of thousand authentications per second.
You can put freeradius on PentiumIII machine and it will cope with this. I would have serious doubts that your ldap server will.
The first choice is a 2 CPU, Quad Core Nehalem 2.53Ghz based server with 8MB cache 12Gb DDR3 memory @ 1333Mhz. The second choice is a 4 CPU Quad Core Xeon 7440 2.4Ghz with 16Mb cache 16Gb DDR2 @ 677 Mhz
So on one hand I have a faster memory access and higher CPU speed, the other offers higher CPU cache and double the number of cores.
Which sort of server be more suitable for FR ?
In your setup freeradius is irrelevant. Both servers will do just fine. Rate of authentication will be determined by the ability of the ldap server to cope with the load. Ivan Kalik Kalik Informatika ISP
Am Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2009 11:20:58 schrieb Ivan Kalik:
I have the choice of selecting between two servers for deploying 802.1x authentication off a LDAP server. The max rate of authentication is around a couple of thousand authentications per second.
You can put freeradius on PentiumIII machine and it will cope with this. I would have serious doubts that your ldap server will.
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