8.3. COMPARISON OF NETWORK TEAMING TO BONDING
Table 8.1. A
Comparison of Features in Bonding and Team
|
Feature |
Bonding |
Team |
|
broadcast Tx policy |
Yes |
Yes |
|
round-robin Tx policy |
Yes |
Yes |
|
active-backup Tx policy |
Yes |
Yes |
|
LACP (802.3ad) support |
Yes (active
only) |
Yes |
|
Hash-based Tx policy |
Yes |
Yes |
|
User can set hash
function |
No |
Yes |
|
Tx load-balancing support (TLB) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
LACP hash
port select |
Yes |
Yes |
|
load-balancing
for LACP support |
No |
Yes |
|
Ethtool link monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
|
ARP link monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
|
NS/NA (IPv6) link monitoring |
No |
Yes |
|
ports up/down delays |
Yes |
Yes |
|
port priorities
and stickiness (“primary”option enhancement) |
No |
Yes |
|
separate per-port link monitoring setup |
No |
Yes |
|
multiple link monitoring
setup |
Limited |
Yes |
|
lockless Tx/Rx path |
No (rwlock) |
Yes (RCU) |
|
VLAN support |
Yes |
Yes |
|
user-space runtime control |
Limited |
Full |
|
Logic in user-space |
No |
Yes |
|
Extensibility |
Hard |
Easy |
|
Modular design |
No |
Yes |
|
Performance overhead |
Low |
Very Low |
|
D-Bus interface |
No |
Yes |
|
multiple device stacking |
Yes |
Yes |
|
zero config using LLDP |
No |
(in planning) |
|
NetworkManager support |
Yes |
Yes |