Re: Is active-active LVS really capable of doubling theoretical bandwidth?

[malcolm <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Spiegle wrote:
> I did some reading on active-active and while I think its a great idea,
> I didn't quite understand how it was capable of doubling the throughput
> as mentioned in the PDF document.  Here's how I see it:
>
>   
Which PDF is that?
> Lets say you have an active-active LVS pair.  Each individual LVS has a
> gigabit fiber card in it.  Since an active-active configuration should
> be able to utilize both cards at the same time, you have 2gbit of
> THEORETICAL bandwidth (1 + 1 = 2).
>
>   
You could just use one Active/Passive LVS with 802.3ad bonding over 2 * 
GIG NICs?
Or Active/Active with two separate VIPs.

Deliberately avoiding actually answering your question because I don't 
know anything about it :-).
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Regards,

Malcolm Turnbull.