[DRBD-user] Using 2 Interfaces for the same drbd device ?

Maurice Volaski mvolaski at aecom.yu.edu
Mon Aug 27 22:37:52 CEST 2007

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


>via.lej at free.fr wrote:
>>  I just want to build a redondancy between the 2 nics for the same 
>>drbd volume . If the link on the NIC A failed, i would like to use 
>>the NIC B in order to keep the synchronisation on the drbd volume.
>
>You've got to use bonding mode 6 aka ALB.
>

This wouldn't work if the NICs are on different networks, which is 
what you'd want to also establish redundancy against switch failure. 
Heartbeat, however, has had this ability for a long time, although 
that's a way simpler connection.
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Maurice Volaski, mvolaski at aecom.yu.edu
Computing Support, Rose F. Kennedy Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University



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