From: Wolfgang Link Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 09:31:35 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Merge Bonding form Wiki X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-docs.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=3eafe338a86a82554b50ab80a36ee41a3c019b8c Merge Bonding form Wiki --- diff --git a/pve-network.adoc b/pve-network.adoc index 8146a3b..3c03615 100644 --- a/pve-network.adoc +++ b/pve-network.adoc @@ -154,10 +154,22 @@ iface vmbr0 inet static Linux Bond ~~~~~~~~~~ -Bonding is a technique for binding multiple NIC's to a single network -device. It is possible to achieve different goals, like make the -network fault-tolerant, increase the performance or both -together. +Bonding (also called NIC teaming or Link Aggregation) is a technique +for binding multiple NIC's to a single network device. It is possible +to achieve different goals, like make the network fault-tolerant, +increase the performance or both together. + +High-speed hardware like Fibre Channel and the associated switching +hardware can be quite expensive. By doing link aggregation, two NICs +can appear as one logical interface, resulting in double speed. This +is a native Linux kernel feature that is supported by most +switches. If your nodes have multiple Ethernet ports, you can +distribute your points of failure by running network cables to +different switches and the bonded connection will failover to one +cable or the other in case of network trouble. + +Aggregated links can improve live-migration delays and improve the +speed of replication of data between Proxmox VE Cluster nodes. There are 7 modes for bonding: