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added better description of tuned profiles

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Steffen Vogel 2016-02-11 13:43:23 +01:00
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@ -6,27 +6,39 @@ For minimum latency several kernel and driver settings can be optimized.
A [PREEMPT_RT patched Linux](https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page) kernel is recommended.
Precompiled kernels for Fedora can be found here: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
- Install `tuned` package and activate the `realtime` profile. This profile will:
- Reserve some CPU cores solely for VILLASnode (Kernel cmdline: `isolcpus=[cpu_numbers]`)
- Activate sub-profiles:
- `network-latency`
- `latency-performance`
- See `/etc/tuned/realtime-variables.conf`
- See `/usr/lib/tuned/realtime/`
1. **Important:** Tune overall system performance for real-time:
- VILLASnode configuration:
- `affinity`: Maps network card IRQs and threads to isolated cores
- `priority`: Increases priority of network packets and threads
```bash
$ dnf install tuned-profiles-realtime
$ echo "realtime" > /etc/tuned/active_profile
$ echo "isolated_cpucores=6-7" >> /etc/tuned/realtime-variables.conf
$ systemctl enable tuned && systemctl start tuned
```
This enables the following `tuned` profiles:
- latency-performance
- network-latency
- realtime
- Configure NIC interrupt coalescence with `ethtool`:
2. Map NIC IRQs => see setting `affinity`
3. Map Tasks => see setting `affinity`
$ ethtool -C|--coalesce devname [adaptive-rx on|off] [adaptive-tx on|off] ...
4. Increase priority of server task (nice(2)) => see setting `priority`
5. Increase BSD socket priority => see setting `priority` and node-type `socket`
- Configure NIC kernel driver in `/etc/modprobe.d/e1000e.conf`:
6. Configure NIC interrupt coalescence with `ethtool`:
# More conservative interrupt throttling for better latency
# https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
option e1000e InterruptThrottleRate=
```bash
$ ethtool -C|--coalesce devname [adaptive-rx on|off] [adaptive-tx on|off] ...
```
7. Configure NIC kernel driver in `/etc/modprobe.d/e1000e.conf`:
```
# More conservative interrupt throttling for better latency
# https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
option e1000e InterruptThrottleRate=
```
## Hardware