On 17.07.2012 09:14, Michael Schwartzkopff wrote: >>>>> Volker Poplawski<[email protected]> schrieb am 16.07.2012 um >>>>> 11:53 in >> >> Nachricht<[email protected]>: >>> Hello everyone. >>> >>> Could you please tell me the recommended mode for a bonded network >>> interface, which is used as the direct link in a two machine cluster? >>> >>> There are 'balance-rr', 'active-backup', 'balance-xor' etc >>> Which one to choose for maximum fault tolerance? > > active/backup can lead to trouble when the servers are directly connected. > > Imagine, one node reboots and and uses the "other" interface as active it > might happen that both nodes detect both lines as "down" and close the > communication.
That's what I was wondering about active-backup. If there is a order defined on the enslaved NICs and you have to connect the right ones vice-versa or this is somehow detected. I figure I don't have that problem with balance-rr. _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
