Why high availability architecture matters more than your SLA An SLA tells you how fast someone will pick up the phone. Good architecture means the phone never rings. Alan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks What is high availability architecture? High availability a... Enterprises Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Scaling your RADIUS ecosystem Not all RADIUS systems are the same, and the system architecture can vary wildly. For example, a network design which works well for 10,000 users will likely not work well for 10,000,000 users. It can... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Designing your network for fail-over An essential part of good network design is to plan for failures. In a RADIUS ecosystem, one major requirement is that clients can always connect to a RADIUS server, and that the system can continue t... Network Architecture
The problem with RADIUS in the cloud The promise of cloud-hosted infrastructure sounds tempting. Someone else manages your database, you pay only for what you need, you may have better data security, and the database can scale up with yo... Network Architecture
Database design principles for RADIUS systems Database design is often overlooked as a critical element of a RADIUS ecosystem. In practice, when we work with our clients, we usually spend the bulk of our time optimizing the database architecture.... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Preventing fraudulent logins with a session database In today's enterprise computer networks, credential sharing is a big problem for ISPs and companies with multiple locations. When an ISP runs RADIUS servers across different sites , new attack vectors... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Disaster-proof your network critical infrastructure If you live in an earthquake zone, it’s important to engineer buildings to survive an earthquake. You don’t know when an earthquake will happen, or where exactly, or how big it’s going to be, but you ... Network Architecture Network Security Best Practices
RADIUS design for internet service providers (ISPs) More than almost any other business, internet service providers (ISPs) need to provide their customers with fast, reliable internet connection to their computer network. Any downtime can be catastroph... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Network design for multi-site RADIUS systems Some organizations and network operators such as ISPs can use a central RADIUS service for all of their RADIUS needs. This configuration is possible when there are a small number of users, or system l... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Separating Authentication from your RADIUS Accounting server Many ISP networks and enterprise environments handle both Authentication and Accounting functions through the same RADIUS servers and databases. While this configuration works well for small and low-l... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Why you should separate historical data from live data Live operational data and historical archive data should be stored in separate databases. The live database stays small and fast for real-time Authentication and Accounting, while the archive database... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
What is a RADIUS proxy? A RADIUS proxy is a RADIUS server configured to forward authentication requests to one or more other RADIUS servers, rather than authenticating users directly. The proxy sits between the network acces... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture