[DRBD-user] bond for drbd identical performance with one link down

Ben Timby btimby at gmail.com
Thu May 20 20:39:40 CEST 2010

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


On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Lee Riemer <lriemer at bestline.net> wrote:
> Do you need multiple destination IPs to properly balance?  It is my
> understanding that a single stream will only traverse a single link.  Hence
> the MPIO requirement.

Actually, balance-rr is the only mode that can stripe a single packet
stream across multiple interfaces. However, it requires the
cooperation of your switch.

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bonding#Configuring_Bonding_for_Maximum_Throughput

"This mode requires the switch to have the appropriate ports
configured for "etherchannel" or "trunking."



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