Kea Features

• Separate DHCPv4, DHCPv6 and Dynamic DNS servers (run only the applications you are using)
• Leases and host reservations can be stored in a local file (default) or optionally in a MySQL, Postgres or Cassandra database
• IPv6 prefix delegation
• Most popular options supported, including PXE boot
• Shared networks
• Applications API, with multiple application extensions available from ISC
• On-line configuration. It is possible to update the configuration file and tell the servers to reload configuration without restarting the system.
• Ample, documented statistics
• REST api for remote management
• High performance, with up to ~5000 leases per second (default), ~500 leases per second (with optional database backend)
• Supported on Linux, BSD and Mac OS X operating systems