I've currently got 2 NICs going to my LAN and each one to it's own virtual switch. I've been wondering about instead of the two switches using one virtual switch and having my two LAN NICs teamed.
So I guess the question is what would be the advantages to using teaming vs. the two virtual switches I'm using now? (everything is working now I'm just the type of person who likes to learn new things and I follow the "if it isn't broke break it" method)
Additional information from my comment below: Currently everything is on the same lan. the two virtual switches are connected together by a physical switch. So as far as traffic is concerned using a team vs the two v switches nothing will be different. What I'm wondering is maybe more a comparison between one nic and one vswitch vs a team of nics and a vswitch. Yes you can get more bandwidth with the team but is there a cost somethere? Would I be giving up on latency? CPU overhead?
Some more additional information: This environment though used by people and I want to minimize downtime is not a critical environment and I use it to try out new features/technology before using it on other more critical environments. I'm just trying to get all the information before I start messing around. The two adapters are both Intel CT Gigabit adapters and another question would be should I use the Windows Server 2012 teaming or use the Intel ProSet teaming in the driver?