[K12OSN] 8 GB RAM on 32-bit Edubuntu with AMD 64 processors

[R. Scott Belford]

Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:09:16 -0500 (EST), Tom Wolfe wrote
>> Jim, do you use VLAN on the 24-port gig switches with one server NIC per 
>> VLAN or is it all on the same physical LAN?
> 
> All on the same physical LAN.  This is possible due to Adaptive Load Balancing.  The
> nics aren't teamed in the respect of total throughput, but rather in the respect that
> they can handle their own set of commands and traffic.  Below is a description on ALB:
> 
> mode=6
> 
> Adaptive load balancing: includes balance-transmit load balancing plus receive load
> balancing for IPV4 traffic, and does not require any special switch support. The receive
> load balancing is achieved by ARP negotiation. The bonding driver intercepts the ARP
> Replies sent by the local system on their way out and overwrites the source hardware
> address with the unique hardware address of one of the slaves in the bond such that
> different peers use different hardware addresses for the server.

Fascinating.  Does this mean that you use the standard dhcpd.conf 
settings?  Excellent design, Jim.  I anticipate reading the results of 
some more network load testing.

> 
> 
> Jim
> 

--scott