Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 12:58:13AM CET, ja...@redhat.com wrote: >On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 11:11:45AM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 08:30:33PM CET, ja...@redhat.com wrote: >> >This comes from an end-user request, where they're running multiple VMs on >> >hosts with bonded interfaces connected to some interest switch topologies, >> >where 802.3ad isn't an option. They're currently running a proprietary >> >solution that effectively achieves load-balancing of VMs and bandwidth >> >utilization improvements with a similar form of transmission algorithm. >> > >> >Basically, each VM has it's own vlan, so it always sends its traffic out >> >the same interface, unless that interface fails. Traffic gets split >> >between the interfaces, maintaining a consistent path, with failover still >> >available if an interface goes down. >> > >> >This has been rudimetarily tested to provide similar results, suitable for >> >them to use to move off their current proprietary solution. >> > >> >Still on the TODO list, if these even looks sane to begin with, is >> >fleshing out Documentation/networking/bonding.rst. >> >> Jarod, did you consider using team driver instead ? :) > >That's actually one of the things that was suggested, since team I believe >already has support for this, but the user really wants to use bonding. >We're finding that a lot of users really still prefer bonding over team.
Do you know the reason, other than "nostalgia"?
