2 radius servers connected to 1 mysql db

Question

I have a freeradius server with a mysql backend in production operation. Due to a new.network with segmentation issues with the NASes I need to deploy a 2nd radius server but both servers need to use the same mysql db server. Is it safe to have 2 freeradius servers connected to a single mysql db server?

Answer 1

Yes, it is safe to use multiple FreeRADIUS servers connecting to the same MySQL database. This is a standard setup when using multiple RADIUS servers for redundancy (usually with a cluster or pair of database servers in failover at the backend).