Re: Load balancing across multiple network paths

"Also sprach Nikos Gkorogiannis:"
> I now think that the ratio is just random, but I still cannot explain
> why the imbalance.

I suggested that one NIC is on a lower interrupt and thus gets (or
loses?) priority.

> Ethernet bonding does have failover modes. However as I said above, I
> really want two subnets on different switches for the networked raid5,
> so bonding is out of the question.

OK.

> > I'm sorry, I don't see any clear evidence here one way or the other.
> > How about simply _timing_ a read with one NIC only, and then with two
> > NICs operating.
> 
> I did as you say and it is weird because when I run enbd-client on only 
> one IP (and with only one channel!) it maxes out the corresponding NIC
> (8.5 MB/s). And that happens with both NICs. Tricky... 

Happens with both NICs?  How exactly do you mean?

Peter