[K12OSN] Nic Teaming Nic Bonding thoughts
David H. Barr
dhbarr at gozelle.com
Sun Mar 5 23:13:51 UTC 2006
On 3/5/06, cisna-barry at wc235.k12.il.us <cisna-barry at wc235.k12.il.us> wrote:
> Could anyone give their thoughts on, nic bonding /teaming with using K12LTSP?
> Just wondering if this concept in the real world actually nets a network
> much more bandwidth? Was thinking of possibly setting up nic teaming on
> one of our servers if anyone, that has actually used this setup, has found
> noticable gains in network throughput.
I seem to recall from my clustering days that channel bonding can be
useful, up to a point.
http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/MP_Lite/dox_channel_bonding.html
> We seem to have very decent bandwidth but it doesnt hurt to try some new
> things along the way. I wondered if this would be more headaches than it
> is worth.
That seems to be the study I recall, and basically I remember coming
away with "More than 3 bonded channels is a waste." and "The cost is
somewhat more than GigaE but significantly less than 10gE or Myrinet".
Hope this helps answer your question, at least somewhat.
-dhbarr.
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