I want to get the maximum tranfer rate with iSCSI from my virtual machine (Linux) to my Linux Storage Host. I don't know iSCSi well so I'm not sure which way is the best for performance.
A: Just create one iSCSI session from vmnic0 to the bond0 interface of the storage host. But then I won't get more than 1Gbps And
(I'm not sure if there is even a way to get really more than 1Gbps for a single file transfer, probably not).
B: Should I create additional vmnic's? and configure multipath? Does multipath even make sense from a virtual machine over an esxi host which does already bonding?
setup:
|-------|
| VM |
|-------|
|
vmnic0
(VMXNET3)
|
vSwitch
|
|-------|
| ESXi |
|-------|
|
{Route by IP Hash,
Trunk 4 NIC Active}
|
---------------------
| | | |
nic0 nic1 nic2 nic3
| | | |
|-------|
|Switch |
|-------|
| | | |
eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3
| | | |
---------------------
|
{LACP Bonding}
|
|------------|
| Linux |
| Sorage Host|
|------------|
