[plug] using several ethernet cards problem...

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
> Behalf Of William Kenworthy
> Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2008 5:52 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] using several ethernet cards problem...
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 14:06 +0900, Ian Kent wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 15:55 +0900, Marcos Raul Carot Collins wrote:
> > > Thank you everybody!
> ...
> >
> > Either setting up a routed (using subnets or separate network
> addresses)
> > network or binding the interfaces together as a bridge is the way
you
> > would need to go.
> >
> > Ian
> ...
> 
> Something I might have missed - why?
> 
> 4 cards cards may easily have a lower throughput on a typical home
> setup.  Unless you are using top end (read expensive) switches able to
> deal with bonded connections, and a host designed to deal with PCI bus
> saturation and a number of other issues (VERY fast processor, properly
> setup software, ...) you are likely to be ... disappointed.
> 
> As you have noticed, TCP/IP and ethernet dont make what you are trying
> to easy ... for the reason its not designed to do it so in most
> scenarios, there is little to gain from it.  There are better ways if
> its more throughput you want.
> 
> Again, why?
> 
> BillK

I'd agree... The price of gigabit network cards and switches is
relatively cheap, (at both ends) faaast SATA RAID0 is required to
saturate the link, and there's no hassles with compatibility.

That said, I do you bonded gigabit for reliability (oh, and because I
can :P )

CraigF.