----- "Brian T. Brunner" <bbrun...@gai-tronics.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Eero Volotinen > > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:58 PM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Linux Kernel Physical Interface Limit > > > > 2010/7/14 William Warren > > <hescomins...@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com>: > > > I think it's baloney mainly because i can't find a mention of it > > > > anywhere. Is there REALLY a limit on the number of > > physical network > > > interfaces in the Kernel? > > > > can you really create hardware with huge number or real > > ethernet controllers? > > 13x4 = 52 ether chips is possible with COTS hardware.
Even if the limit were lower, such as 10 physical interfaces as mentioned before, I have to imagine that the host system would have issues dealing with the number of interrupts needed to *PROPERLY* service all of those interfaces in addition to the other system hardware. They may all work, but your performance may be horrible. In that case, I would think one or two 10Gbe interfaces to a nice switch and the necessary VLANs would perform nicely. Just my $0.02 USD. --Tim _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
