I am a bit confused as to the proper way to use ifgroups. In the past I would have used LACP on the switch to connect two network cards on the DD for management and also used two other nics for MTree and regular backups to the DD.

I have read the documentation on ifgroups and I get that "is better", but what do you do on the switch side, do you just use two different ports on 2 different switches and don't really care for any teaming/bonding process? How do you really see the performance increase over LACP for example, with LACP I can see the links as 2 GB, but I don't get the same using ifgroups.

If someone can let me know will be great, much appreciated.

Regards,

Paul