On Thu, 27 May 2004, jess michelsen wrote:
> Hence, I'm considering channel bonding (some call it link aggregation).
> As far as I have understood, this can be done in two ways. In both
> cases, the (two) NIC's will share the same IP number. They are either
> connected to two completely separate networks, or they are trunked.
I can't comment on the performance expectations of channel bonding - we've
elected to use high-speed connections (Myrinet, IB, etc.) instead.
However, we have had numerous reports of reliability concerns with channel
bonding under Linux. You might want to try to get a small test setup to
make sure you aren't going to run into problems before you commit to the
real cluster.
Brian
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