[ale] network question

[David Tomaschik]

If by "machine" you mean "desktop", then you're probably not getting
anything out of the 2nd network, as almost all traffic will be going
over the default route, which will be one or the other.  Also, if the
two networks aggregate at any point before the servers (whether
internet/LAN) then you're probably already bottlenecked there.  If these
are full desktops and little work is done on the intranet, than likely a
single 100 Mb connection is sufficient.  If there is a lot of file
server use or other LAN app, or any sort of thin client, then consider
GigE hardware (which has become comparatively cheap these days).

If by "machine" you mean server, there's a whole different set of
interactions that can include security purposes, etc.


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David Tomaschik, RHCE
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Geoffrey wrote:
> scott wrote:
>   
>> it all depends.  what are the two networks for?
>>     
>
> All I'm told is that it was a legacy thing, no real reason.  Now they're 
> worried that if they put everything on a single network, it will 
> saturate the bandwidth on the single network.  No network bandwidth 
> study has been done, so this is just a guess.
>
>   



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