On 2012-07-17T23:44:13, Arnold Krille <[email protected]> wrote:
> Additionally: If its two direct links dedicated to your storage network,
> there is no reason going active/backup and discarding half of the
> available bandwidth.
Since the system must be designed for one link to have adequate
bandwidth to provide the service (otherwise it could not actually cope
with one link failing), this shouldn't be a significant problem ;-)
> Just use one of the real modes, balance-rr, balance-xor, 802.3ad or
> maybe balance-alb. But the last one is only needed when there are
> components involved that don't understand the bonding. Which is not the
> case when its just two machines directly connected...
They also increase the interdependency between the supposedly
independent network links. The simpler the better.
And for maximum FT, broadcast is the best choice.
Regards,
Lars
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