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Linux Server Network Bonding for Redundancy and Throughput
In this episode of Linux Server Admin with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into Linux server network bonding—combining multiple physical network interfaces into a single logical link for redundancy and increased throughput. They walk through the seven bonding modes defined in the Linux kernel, focusing on the most practical ones: active-backup for failover, balance-xor and 802.3ad (LACP) for load balancing, and balance-alb for adaptive load balancing. Lucas explains real-world trade-offs, such as why active-backup is safest for virtualized hosts with live migration, and why 802.3ad requires…
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