performance freeradius with psql (auth only)

tnt at kalik.net tnt at kalik.net
Wed Apr 22 20:46:45 CEST 2009


> Hi lists,
>
> I am just measuring (maybe more guessing) some performance figures. I
> started 3 radclients (1 on localhost, 2 on different remote hosts) with
> 12K different user and credentials. I am working with virtual hosts
> under XEN.
>
> I am just counting the logfile entries from logfile for Auth: Login
> entries.
> With a single radclient from a remote host its something between 10 to
> 15 auth per sec. With 3 radclients its something between 30 to 45 auth
> per sec.
>
> There is no change in that values, if I increase the max database
> connections. So I think it might be a problem, that there are not enough
> requests produced from the radclient(s) aprox 800 per minute.
>
> Could that be?

Yes. Database will start coming into play with some 100 requests per
second. Single client on localhost should be able to handle that.

Ivan Kalik
Kalik Informatika ISP





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