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List:       drbd-user
Subject:    Re: [DRBD-user] GigE vs Bonded NICs
From:       Leroy van Logchem <leroy.vanlogchem () wldelft ! nl>
Date:       2007-07-17 15:54:25
Message-ID: 469CE631.3040803 () wldelft ! nl
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>>> Or is bonding everything together so that it all can run at 2Gbps a 
>>> good idea?
>> The extra bandwidth is only relevant if you are seeing a bottleneck 
>> within your system.  If the filesystem is working well without any 
>> delays, then the additional bandwidth is not that relevant.  The main 
>> advantage of bonding the interfaces would be the increased 
>> redundancy.  By the sound of it, your system has single connections 
>> between each device in the environment - which means that a single 
>> NIC/cable failure could cause one of the servers to disappear. 
Can the bandwidth be aggregated for single tcp connection using teql? In 
short, two 1 GigE interfaces makes one 2 Gbps (full duplex).
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