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Should we use NIC teaming or NIC bonding for maximized throughput and bandwidth in a Centos 7 server?

Hi there,

we want to choose the right NIC mode and configuration for having maximum performance, throughput and bandwidth over our 2x10 Gbit set up (and maybe 4x10Gbit in the near future). Ideally we d like stay close to 20Gbps throughput.

The question is what mode to use, NIC bonding or teaming? And we also need some easy set up guidance in order to set it up so please propose any valid tutorial or article you might know it is worth looking.

DP230

I vote for NIC Teaming, you can find the tutorials in many websites:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/nic-teaming/create-a-new-nic-team-on-a-host-computer-or-vm

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/nic-teaming/create-a-new-nic-team

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2012/06/02/windows-server-2012-creating-a-nic-team-for-load-balancing-and-failover/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX6EyoYfGro

Nick Clark

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Thanks for your comment @13L@CK_H3@RT. We' ll check out suggested articles for teaming in a Windows Server.

Nick Clark

ASKER

Does anyone know if any of the modes mentioned offers a maximized throughput out of a single transfer with scp or rsync? To be even more specific will we get a 2gbit (200MB/s) transfer rate out of a bonding/teaming 2x1Gbit link?

Thanks in advance

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