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diff --git a/docs/system/options-performance.rst b/docs/system/options-performance.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 32e95520..00000000 --- a/docs/system/options-performance.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ -.. _system_options_performance: - -########### -Performance -########### - -As more and more routers run on Hypervisors, expecially with a :abbr:`NOS -(Network Operating System)` as VyOS, it makes fewer and fewer sense to use -static resource bindings like ``smp-affinity`` as present in VyOS 1.2 and -earlier to pin certain interrupt handlers to specific CPUs. - -We now utilize `tuned` for dynamic resource balancing based on profiles. - - .. seealso:: https://access.redhat.com/sites/default/files/attachments/201501-perf-brief-low-latency-tuning-rhel7-v2.1.pdf - -Configureation -============== - -.. cfgcmd:: set system options performance < throughput | latency > - - Configure one of the predefined system performance profiles. - - * ``throughput``: A server profile focused on improving network throughput. - This profile favors performance over power savings by setting ``intel_pstate`` - and ``max_perf_pct=100`` and increasing kernel network buffer sizes. - - It enables transparent huge pages, and uses cpupower to set the performance - cpufreq governor. It also sets ``kernel.sched_min_granularity_ns`` to 10 us, - ``kernel.sched_wakeup_granularity_ns`` to 15 uss, and ``vm.dirty_ratio`` to - 40%. - - * ``latency``: A server profile focused on lowering network latency. - This profile favors performance over power savings by setting ``intel_pstate`` - and ``min_perf_pct=100``. - - It disables transparent huge pages, and automatic NUMA balancing. It also - uses cpupower to set the performance cpufreq governor, and requests a - cpu_dma_latency value of 1. It also sets busy_read and busy_poll times to - 50 us, and tcp_fastopen to 3. |