Let's assume 20 OSDs servers and 4x 12 ports switches, 2 for public network and 2 for cluster netowork No link between public switches and no link between cluster switches. first 10 OSD servers connected to public switch1 and the other 10 OSDs connected to public switch2. The same apply for cluster network. 1 HP c7000 chassis with 4x 10GbE connected to public network (2x10 for each pubic switch) All mons will be connected (if needed) to both switches Will ceph able to load share across both switches with no interswitch link? What I would like to do is avoid a stackable switch (too expansive) and start with smaller switch and then adding ports when needed without loosing redundancy or performance. Interconnectinc public switches will result in at least 2 lost ports and a bottleneck when traffic is routed across that link. _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com