I use 7.0, it does a backup in about 8-10 minutes, then I do a backup using
BackupExec. I normally do not loose any calls nor have any problems with
the online tables not being updated.
As for authentication.. I am using Radius 3.x with caching and have no
problems with authentication... Before 3.x I used a textfile as the backup.
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