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Re: Load balancing of two or more NIC's

To: "Matthew S. Crocker" <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Load balancing of two or more NIC's
Cc: lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Thomas Proell <Thomas.Proell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:40:30 +0200 (MET DST)
Hi!

> > 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.

Hmm. I think I don't get the point right now. Isn't it possible
to have 2 incoming and 2 outgoing NIC (total 4 NIC)? The desicion 
what is sent where should be done by the layers under IP, right?


Thomas




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