Devin Reade wrote: <snip> > I do have clusters where bonding is in use but those have helped not so > much in avoiding NIC failures as they do in allowing the machines > to continue operating as the network team brings down part of the > redundant switch network for maintenance (or to replace a failed switch, > or when some fool decides that they can unplug a network cable > briefly so that they can move other cables around). > Now wait a minute - I would dearly love to disconnect some cables we have in a shared rack downstairs in the datacenter - it's a rats' nest, and more than half ain't ours, and every single time I have to do something in the back, I'm deathly afraid I'm going to pull out somebody's power, or.... mark