Hi, you can/need to configure the clusternetwork and the publicnetwork. In the ceph.conf that means: public_network = 1.2.3.0/24 cluster_network = 2.3.4.0/24 as an example. So you will, for every node in your ceph cluster, use 1x 10G Port for public network ip 1x 10G Port for cluster network ip ---- The cluster network is for internal syncronisation between the cluster nodes. The public network is for the delivery of the data to where ever you want to mount/use the data ( the clients of the storage cluster ). So you dont need any bonding. And also you need BOTH networks up and running to make it work. In general, the clusternetwork and the public network can also come from the same logical network, but thats not recommanded. The way is usually to build independent vlans and have them on independent NIC ports to ensure performance. But technically you can also run everything over 1 NIC port. -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards Oliver Dzombic IP-Interactive mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anschrift: IP Interactive UG ( haftungsbeschraenkt ) Zum Sonnenberg 1-3 63571 Gelnhausen HRB 93402 beim Amtsgericht Hanau Geschäftsführung: Oliver Dzombic Steuer Nr.: 35 236 3622 1 UST ID: DE274086107 _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com