≫ How can I determine what hardware specs
For what its worth here are my specs:
PF Server (everything except MySQL)
Dell R210
8 GB RAM
120 GB HD (RAID 1)
1 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz
2 x 1Gb Ethernet (only one in use)
MySQL server is exactly the same as the PF server, but only running MySQL.
With this setup I am running about 100 MySQL queries a second (steady, bursting
higher).
I currently have 10,492 registered devices and 11,541 un-registered devices.
PF version 3.5.1
My only trouble has been making sure my RADIUS tables in the DB don’t get too
big. I just had to clear them yesterday (2 tables almost 60 million rows
combined). But that is something I do probably about 4 times a year as
preventative maintenance.
Jake Sallee
Godfather of Bandwidth
System Engineer
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
900 College St.
Belton TX. 76513
Fone: 254-295-4658
Phax: 254-295-4221
HTTP://WWW.UMHB.EDU
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Schubert [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 10:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PacketFence-users] basic instalation questions
Thanks Mark. Re #2, yes, I want to insrall PF but just use the registration
function for now.
I see the guide talks about minimum hardware requirements. How can I determine
what hardware specs I need based on how many users/nodes are on the network?
Is there a rule of thumb like "this much ram and hard drive space per
user/node"?
Thx, Jeremy
On 2013-03-07, at 6:07 AM, Mark Holmes
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> 1. Does packetfence need to be the dhcp server for the network?
>
> No, you can keep your current production DHCP server. PF usually
> handles the DHCP for the registration and isolation networks
>
> 2. Do all services need to be running? Or can I use just the registration
> and radius functions?
>
> Your question isn't entirely clear - if you mean can you just use PF to
> register machines, without worrying about the additional stuff like SoH
> (State of Health), Nessus/OpenVAS vulnerability scanning etc then yes,
> absolutely.
>
> 3. Can I enter a list of MAC addresses to "pre authenticate" machines?
>
> Yes
>
> All of this is covered in the PacketFence Administration Guide, by the way..
>
> http://www.packetfence.org/documentation/guides.html
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Schubert [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 07 March 2013 11:11
> To:
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: [PacketFence-users] basic instalation questions
>
> Newbie here, excuse my ignorance:
> 1. Does packetfence need to be the dhcp server for the network?
> 2. Do all services need to be running? Or can I use just the registration
> and radius functions?
> 3. Can I enter a list of MAC addresses to "pre authenticate" machines?
> Thanks, Jeremy
>
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