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authorChristian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com>2020-11-15 09:56:25 +0100
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system: move performance tuning into options chapter
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-rw-r--r--docs/system/advanced-index.rst5
-rw-r--r--docs/system/options-performance.rst39
-rw-r--r--docs/system/options.rst40
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/docs/system/advanced-index.rst b/docs/system/advanced-index.rst
index 310dfdb0..7d956018 100644
--- a/docs/system/advanced-index.rst
+++ b/docs/system/advanced-index.rst
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ System
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
+ boot-options
eventhandler
flow-accounting
+ lcd
ntp
options
- options-performance
- boot-options
proxy
serial-console
syslog
task-scheduler
- lcd
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.
diff --git a/docs/system/options.rst b/docs/system/options.rst
index 82ad4801..68f715c0 100644
--- a/docs/system/options.rst
+++ b/docs/system/options.rst
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ Options
This chapter describe the possibilities of advanced system behavior.
+*******
General
-#######
+*******
.. cfgcmd:: set system options beep-if-fully-booted
@@ -21,8 +22,9 @@ General
Automatically teboot system on kernel panic after 60 seconds.
+***********
HTTP client
-###########
+***********
.. cfgcmd:: set system options http-client source-address <address>
@@ -37,3 +39,37 @@ HTTP client
.. note:: `source-address` and `source-interface` can not be used at the same time.
+***********
+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
+
+.. 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.