| performance on dual nic machines! [message #2814] |
Fri, 21 April 2006 20:23  |
sterni1971
Messages: 2
Registered: April 2006
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Hello!
I would ask the community if my idea to utilize openvz
is reasonable.
We have several modern fileserver, all equiped with a
fast disk subsystem and dual gig ethernet (but only
one used)
the problem is that the disk subsystem is slowed down by
the nic. so we think it would be nice to utilize the second nic.
bonding is no option because, because the network guys don't like it and seems to cause a lot of trouble in complex network setups.
routing also don't work because all clients come from the same
subnet.
my idea. i divide the machine in two vps, and assign each
vps exclusivly disk space and one nic/ip. first i consider
to use xen, but i don't think that the performance is
sufficient.
regards
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| Re: performance on dual nic machines! [message #2816 is a reply to message #2814] |
Fri, 21 April 2006 20:56  |
RapidVPS
Messages: 32
Registered: January 2006
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Hi, if I understand your situation correctly, a single network interface is limiting the performance of your server.
Does this mean that your network traffic is nearly 1Gbit/sec? Dependant on your application, this is rarely the case. Disk io/ram/CPU is the bottleneck of most servers well before the network transfer rate limitation. ie, to process/generate the average number of packets which make up ~1Gbit/sec, the cpu power would be immense.
I would say multiple network cards are advantagous only when connecting distinct networks (acting as router,bridge) or when achieving redundant connectivity to a single network.
Rick
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