Have a app that outputs (by ftp and scp) data to other servers that accept it. The data block is, while not large in itself, large because it has to go out to a large group of servers. OK so the problem is that this process can take some time. I was trying to come up with a more parallel way of accomplishing this when I though I would ask the netfilter pros if they have any input.
I was thinking that if I put 3 more NICs in the output server I might be able to parallel my efforts. However, all systems are on the same network so I'm not sure if balancing out multiple interfaces is it. The network is 100BaseT and we are upping it to GB soon (my r&d setup for this is GB). Bandwidth is not going to be the delimiter. So the question is... Can I use IPTables in a way that I can balance outgoing load to multiple interfaces? Or should I be looking elsewhere for a solution to this type of scenario?
