[ovirt-users] Recommended bonding modes?

Mon May 23 12:11:42 UTC 2016

Generally, avoid mode 0 - Round Robin or you will face problems sooner
or later. RR will generate TCP out of Order.

Go for mode 4 / lacp wherever possible

Am 5/22/2016 um 9:33 PM schrieb Alan Murrell:
> Hello,
> 
> I am wondering what the recommended bonding modes are for the different
> types of networks:
> 
>   - Management/Display
>   - Guest VM Traffic
>   - Storage (NFS)
> 
> For the purposes pf this post, assume mode 4 is not available.
> 
> For Management/Display, I am thinking mode 1 (active-backup) is adequate
> since there generally isn't a lot of traffic being pushed through.
> 
> Storage, I like mode 0 (round robin) due to some performance results I
> have seen, though I understand this has to be setup in "custom
> bonding".  Mode 6 seems like it would do well here as well.
> 
> Guest VM traffic is the one I am not sure about.  There could be a lot
> of traffic going back and forth, so I would want all the interfaces in
> the bond active to balance the load.  Of the supported bonding modes,
> either 2 or 5 would seem to be the options.
> 
> I am just wondering what others' thoughts and experiences are.
> 
> Thanks! :-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alan
> 
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