Messages in this thread | | | From | ""J.A. Magallón"" <> | Subject | Performance of bonding driver | Date | Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:47 +0100 |
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Hi...
I have tw boxes which I linked together vi 2x gigabit interfaces and a 3Com switch. Each interface is:
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller 02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
The switch is private for them, so there is no more taffic. One interface alone works pretty well:
[ 3] local 192.168.1.208 port 37739 connected with 192.168.1.226 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.00 GBytes 861 Mbits/sec
I loaded bondin driver with no parameters, and using iperf to test the connection I get:
[ 5] local 192.168.1.208 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.226 port 40036 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 5] 0.0-10.0 sec 812 MBytes 679 Mbits/sec
In the node which receives, two instances of iftop on slave interfaces show that load is balanced, but none flies higher than about 300 Mb/s.
Any ideas ? Is bonding dependent on CPU power ? Boxes are P4-HT@2.8, 3Gb of RAM.
TIA
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