On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 01:53:25PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote: > > The above is still dependent on a way to round-robin packets across > > multiple physical ports. > > What if you bond interfaces on both ends of the link, so you end up with > a 10 Gbps virtual interface composed of 10 1 Gbps links that use normal > IP/ARP to establish the individual links? Your round-robin logic would > need to be embedded in the client-side bonding driver. > > Not a good general solution, but might work when you need to link a > specific client machine to a specific server.
I'll just point out that the maximum density I see for PCI-X and PCIe gigabit NICs is 4 ports apiece, at a cost of about $400 per card. If you're going to be spending a thousand dollars per box anyway, buy a 10GE card for each side and eliminate the hassle. -dsr- -- http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. You can't defend freedom by getting rid of it. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss