I put together a wiki page on Ethernet Bonding ( http://wiki.logicalnetworking.net/doku.php?id=networkbondingubuntu804 ) a while back, it should still be relevant.
There are bonding modes (such as mode 0) which don't necessarily require any special functionality on the switch side. I can't tell you myself whether bonding NICs and then putting each one on its own switch, which is daisy-chained to each other switch, would result in some crazy networking explosion, but my intuition tells me there's got to be a better way to do it. I would seriously consider replacing your switches with ones with at least a couple of gigabit ports available each so you can take advantage of that. Imagine even 10 clients going through that last-chained switch for full GUI sessions to the server, 3 100Mbit/sec hops to the server and back..yikes. 45 clients to a single server with 3 100Mbit/sec bonded NICs on the SAME switch would even be pushing it IMHO (you'd want to have at least 1Gbit/sec out of the server).. Consider replacing your switches and server NIC(s). It'll hurt the pocketbook but the pain will evaporate at the sight of 45 snappy terminals :) Cheers, Jordan On 05/18/2010 12:43 PM, jan nilsen wrote: > So, I have a server with a 1gbit NIC, and 3 16-ports switches (all > 100mbit ports), that are linked togheter the old switch-in-switch > style, and I have about 45 clients (mix of thinclients, workstations > and laptops). > > When most of the machines are in use, I notice that having only > 100mbit out of the server is not enough. > > So I can either buy myself a 48 port switch with 1gbit uplink with > money we don't have, or I thought I could try this "bonding" thing. > > I can put 3 network cards in the server, and connect each of those > networkcards with it's own 16-port switch, that way I would have > 300mbit out of the server. > > What kind of bonding mode should I choose? > > Or is there some other way? > > jan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net -- Jordan Erickson (707) 636-5678 - http://www.logicalnetworking.net * Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
