[Atlas-anchors-pilot] HW specs: the choice of *two*

[Romeo Zwart]

Hi all,
Apologies for the late response to this thread.

On 12/09/26 11:56 , Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:47:58AM +0200, Richard Barnes wrote:
>> Speaking as a non-IXP/ISP host, I probably would not be able to provide a 10G port for an anchor node.
> 
> +1
> 
> Seconded, we do not need the higher precision by 10GE and couldn't 
> actually afford a 10G port either.
> 
> OTOH, while this can has been opened, I was wondering whether we want
> 2x 1G links to hook the Anchor up to the network with bonded / active-slave
> interfaces, so a switch failure would not take out the Anchor box.
> 
> (Given that most servers we buy these days have 2x GE onboard right
> out of the box anyway, I sort of assumed this, but never checked)

The system proposed indeed includes an on-board Dual-port GE interface
(Broadcom).

We had not yet considered the idea of bonding the interfaces, it's an
interesting suggestion that we can take along.

Cheers,
Romeo


> 
> Gert Doering
>         -- NetMaster
>