[SR-Users] ACC og ACC_RADIUS module

[Daniel-Constantin Mierla]

Hello,

On 2/16/11 9:33 PM, Morten Isaksen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a OpenSER 1.1 platform running with radius accounting and I am
> in the progress of updating it to Kamailio 3.1.
>
> I am trying to decide if I should do accounting via Radius or directly
> to MySQL on the new platform.
>
> The only benefits a can see with Radius is that you can build some
> redundancy into your radius client. If one Radius server is failing
> then try the next and you can configure radius to log to a file if the
> DB is down. But i think you can get the same level of redundancy with
> a replicated DB setup with heartbeat/pacemaker.
>
> If I choose to do the accounting direct to MySQL I will skip the
> Radius layer (and one error source).
>
> Are there any other pros and cons?
saying it from beginning, I haven't really used RADIUS very much so far, 
so I am pro-MySQL.

Yes, you can use shared IP Active-Standby MySQL pair with cross 
replication, Kamailio will reconnect automatically when the connection 
is lost. I haven't gone for radius so far since the end storage was sql 
database anyhow, therefore I prefer to go directly there, for the reason 
you mentioned: one less point of failure in the platform.

Cheers,
Daniel

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