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

[Piotr Strzyzewski]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 08:49:34PM +0200, Romeo Zwart wrote:
> > 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).

But isn't it still done in a single chip so that it is still the single point
of failure?

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

Regards

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