Increase data transfer speed through bonding/lacp?

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Published on 2012-06-01T10:18:55Z Indexed on 2012/06/01 10:42 UTC
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bonding

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I want to maximize the throughput of a data transfer between two servers. The copy will be made at the application layer using Robocopy.

To clear things up, please check my Visio schema of the network:

FS1---------(SW1)===========(SW2)--------- FS2

SW1 to SW2 is connected through 10 gigabit Fiber Channel ethernet
FS1 to SW1 is connected through 1 gigabit ethernet
FS2 to SW2 is connected through 1 gigabit ethernet

I first idea I've come up with is to use LACP, so I could use two Gigabit Ethernet between each server and the switch. A collegue told me that LACP is for availability and not performance, so he reckon this solution will not work. Is he right? Do I have other options?

Thank you very much

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