NFS

Ben Pfaff pfaffben@msu.edu
26 Jan 2001 11:05:31 -0500


Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> writes:

> An NFS server has a dual-port ethernet adapter.  Etherchannel
> (combining two ethernet links into one) is not supported on the
> server end, so it isn't a viable solution.  Each port now requires
> its own IP address.  There are N clients trying to use the server.
> Excluding manually setting N/2 clients to point to each IP, and
> excluding spending big $$$ on a load balancer, is there any good
> solution for spreading the load to take advantage of the second
> ethernet port on the server?

Round-robin DNS?