I have client and cluster network on one 10gbit port (with different vlans). I think many smaller clusters do this ;) > > I've been thinking about ways to squeeze as much performance as possible > from the NICs on a Ceph OSD node. The nodes in our cluster (6 x OSD, 3 > x MGR/MON/MDS/RGW) currently have 2 x 10GB ports. Currently, one port > is assigned to the front-side network, and one to the back-side > network. However, there are times when the traffic on one side or the > other is more intense and might benefit from a bit more bandwidth. > > The idea I had was to bond the two ports together, and to run the > back-side network in a tagged VLAN on the combined 20GB LACP port. In > order to keep the balance and prevent starvation from either side it > would be necessary to apply some sort of a weighted fair queuing > mechanism via the 'tc' command. The idea is that if the client side > isn't using up the full 10GB/node, and there is a burst of re-balancing > activity, the bandwidth consumed by the back-side traffic could swell to > 15GB or more. Or vice versa. > > From what I have read and studied, these algorithms are fairly > responsive to changes in load and would thus adjust rapidly if the > demand from either side suddenly changed. > > Maybe this is a crazy idea, or maybe it's really cool. Your thoughts? > > Thanks. > > -Dave > > -- > Dave Hall > Binghamton University > kdhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx
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