Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 10:58:39 +0200 From: Uwe Laverenz <uwe@laverenz.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fun with HAST and inter-host connections Message-ID: <26f53e78-e9e2-d424-fc1d-b0d14b775522@laverenz.de> In-Reply-To: <59A8201D.5010702@fjl.co.uk> References: <6cc75798-b7f2-b794-faec-8807616fd7f4@fjl.co.uk> <4199b174-63df-a6a8-6e8e-0e7330dd189f@laverenz.de> <59A8201D.5010702@fjl.co.uk>
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Hi, Am 31.08.2017 um 16:41 schrieb Frank Leonhardt: > The problem with link aggregation is that you need lots of 1Gb Ethernet > cards and run out PCI slots pretty quickly. Or are you suggesting Not necessarily, you could use PCIe cards with 2 or 4 ports. > multiple targets bound to a particular interface? Not a bad idea, but Yes, multiple networks, one target per network, round robin policy. > The PCIe is also going to be a bottleneck, but I'm ignoring this for now. Are you sure? PCIe 3.0 supports 985MB/s on x1. > What I really want is the fastest way to connect to boxes using IP > (preferably). Then 10Gb/s ethernet would probably be the best option IMHO. cu, Uwe
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