From: Edward B. DREGER (eddy+public+)
Date: Mon May 08 2006 - 01:08:21 EDT
JS> Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 12:07:13 +0800 (CST)
JS> From: Joe Shen
JS> Could it be possible to implement IPv4 Anycast architecture for
JS> radius server farm?
Yes.
JS> Could it be any problem with AAA procedure?
UDP is anycast-friendly. Your biggest problems are likely to be
authentication database replication/synchronization and merging
accounting records... i.e., nothing really different from standard
RADIUS deployments.
Try ECMP if you want load balancing without the L4-ish gear. This
implies routers between the NASes and RADIUS boxen, but you _did_
specify anycast. ;-)
Load balancing is trickier when RADIUS servers and NASes live on the
same network segment. You'll need something a la Windows Advanced
Server or distributed 802.3ad. I know of no turn-key implementation of
the latter; I played around with it a few years back, but the project
was shelved before completion. Several modern *ix flavors include
rudimentary 802.3ad support, so implementation should be easier these
days.
(Note that MAC-based technology strays away from "anycast" in the sense
that it operates at L2 instead of L3.)
HTH,
Eddy
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