[Gluster-users] bonding question

[Demeter Tibor]

In glusterfs documentation the recommended mode is the mode=6. 
My switch (dlink dgs-1510) can be 802.3ad modes, in this case is this better than mode=6 ?


Tibor

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> Indeed. Only the rr (round robin) mode will get higher performance on a
> single stream. It also means that packets may be received out-of-order
> which can cause retransmissions (so it should never be used for UDP
> services like SIP/RTP). AFAIK it only works with Cisco etherchannel and
> does not scale well.
> 
> Multiple streams are balanced using the XOR of the two endpoint MAC
> addresses in mode 4. This can be changed to include L3 data (eg src/dest
> IP) but switch support is again limited for the alternate algo. I know
> my kit can't be changed to add L3 data. As long as you have multiple
> clients the default mode 4 will scale almost linearly and will be
> guaranteed to work across any switch that supports LACP.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Alex
> 
> On 29/09/14 15:03, Reinis Rozitis wrote:
> >> Ok, I mean this is a network based solution, but I think the
> >> 100MB/sec is possible with one nic too.
> >> I just wondering, maybe my bonding isn't working fine.
> >
> > You should test with multiple clients/dd streams.
> >
> > http://serverfault.com/questions/569060/link-aggregation-lacp-802-3ad-max-throughput/
> >
> >
> > rr
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