[CentOS] Opinions on bonding modes?

2009-09-14 Thread Rick Barnes
I am working on setting up an NFS server, which will mainly serve files to web servers, and I want to setup two bonds. I have a question regarding *which* bonding mode to use. None of the documentation I have read suggests any mode is better than other with the exception of specific use cases

Re: [CentOS] Opinions on bonding modes?

2009-09-14 Thread nate
Rick Barnes wrote: Since my switch *does* support 802.3ad, including layers 2,3 and 4 hashing, should I use mode=4? Or would one of the other modes be better for providing fail-over and link-aggregation, specifically balance-tlb or balance-alb. Use 802.3ad, also if performance is really an

Re: [CentOS] Opinions on bonding modes?

2009-09-14 Thread Jonathan Moore
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Rick Barnes li...@sitevision.com wrote: 8 Since my switch *does* support 802.3ad, including layers 2,3 and 4 hashing, should I use mode=4? Or would one of the other modes be better for providing fail-over and link-aggregation, specifically balance-tlb or