Re: [CentOS] bonding theory question

2008-11-11 Thread Nifty Cluster Mitch
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:17:57PM -0500, Mag Gam wrote: > > So, I decided to go with mode 6 since my network admin says thats > supported at my college. > > I have everything working perfectly however I still get an occasional > packet drop which is not good. Occasional??? Except on a dedi

Re: [CentOS] bonding theory question

2008-11-10 Thread Mag Gam
So, I decided to go with mode 6 since my network admin says thats supported at my college. I have everything working perfectly however I still get an occasional packet drop which is not good. http://www.howtoforge.com/network_card_bonding_centos By reading the HOWTO and README.txt I am not sure

Re: [CentOS] bonding theory question

2008-09-06 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 13:11, Mag Gam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, would there be a big performance boost when using mode4? Not necessarily, since balance-rr already gives you load-balancing. They actually implement it differently. balance-rr can spread packets of the same TCP connection

Re: [CentOS] bonding theory question

2008-09-06 Thread Mag Gam
Filipe: Thankyou! Your explanation helps a lot. Its makes more sense than reading mundane manuals :-) Actually, would there be a big performance boost when using mode4? Currently I am seeing 95% total throughput. Which isn't that bad. I am peaking at 238MB/sec (each gig/e connections) Also, mode

Re: [CentOS] bonding theory question

2008-09-06 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:57, Mag Gam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suppose data is being pushed out, it will go with 1st NIC and when it > gets overloaded it will use 2nd NIC. No. If you are using "balance-rr", one packet will go through the 1st NIC, and the next packet will go through the 2nd one