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Re: Load balancing of two or more NIC's

To: Andreas Sundstrom <sunkan_ml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Load balancing of two or more NIC's
Cc: lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: "Matthew S. Crocker" <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 08:35:20 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Andreas Sundstrom wrote:

> Hi, I have a question for anybody more involved in this than I am..
> 
> Ok, here it comes..
> 
> Can I use LVS to enable Load balancing of two or more NIC's on the same 
> computer (for example achieve 20Mps with two 10Mps NIC's on an ftp transfer) 
> or is LVS only for clustering and directors?

The new 2.4 kernel supports binding >1 ethernet interfaces into one
virtual circuit.  If your switch supports it (I think cisco switches do)
then you can do that.


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