5.3. How to tune your system for best Caudium performances
5.3.1. Linux
Until a Linux guru has time to make some nice documentation, here is something that came from PureFtpd software :
o Increase your system max descriptors numbers : # echo 60000 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max # echo 180000 > /proc/sys/fs/inode-max # ulimit -n 60000 o mount your filesystems with the "noatime" option o make sure your disks holding the logs are "fast enough" o You can tweak a bit your TCP/IP stack : # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling |
Finally don't forget to compile Pike with --with-max-fd=60000 (already done in Debian packages).
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Also see LinuxPerf, and LinuxPerf kernel tuning section.
5.3.2. FreeBSD
Here are the optimizations you can try on your servers. They are provided without any warranty.
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First, check to see if your filesystems use Soft Updates:
# tunefs -p /dev/da0s1a tunefs: soft updates: (-n) disabled tunefs: maximum contiguous block count: (-a) 15 tunefs: rotational delay between contiguous blocks: (-d) 0 ms tunefs: maximum blocks per file in a cylinder group: (-e) 2048 tunefs: average file size: (-f) 16384 tunefs: average number of files in a directory: (-s) 64 tunefs: minimum percentage of free space: (-m) 8% tunefs: optimization preference: (-o) time |
# tunefs -n enable /dev/"whatever" |
# tunefs -n enable "filesystem" |
In /boot/loader.conf add the following:
kern.ipc.maxsockets="5000" kern.ipc.nmbclusters="65536" |
hw.ata.wc="1" |
vfs.vmiodirenable=1 kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152 kern.ipc.somaxconn=8192 kern.ipc.maxsockets=16424 kern.maxfiles=65536 kern.maxfilesperproc=32768 net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=1 net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0 net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65535 net.inet.tcp.recvspace=65535 net.inet.udp.recvspace=65535 net.inet.udp.maxdgram=57344 net.local.stream.recvspace=65535 net.local.stream.sendspace=65535 |
Another way to have good performance is to make a custom kernel, with the minimum of drivers and processor support. A maxuser size = size of memory (for example you have 512M of RAM, then set the maxusers value in your kernel configuration variable to 512). Add Posix 1003.1b real time extensions to the kernel with:
options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions
options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
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5.3.3. Solaris 2.x
Most of the optimization values are in /etc/system file. This file is read by the kernel when it is loading. Please notice that the following optimization is focused on Solaris 8 machines with at least 256M of RAM.
* A comment is started by a star '*' * * 1 maxusers per mega of ram. This machine has 512M then maxusers = 512 set maxusers=512 set hires_tick=1 set rlim_fd_max=10000 set rlim_fd_cur=4096 *set tcp:tcp_conn_hash_size=8192 * Don't setup this if you don't have more than 256M of RAM set bufhwm=48000 * Folling are used to delay page reaping with databases. set fastscan = 32000 set slowscan = 200 set maxpgio = 280 set lotsfree = 1024 set desfree = 512 set minfree = 128 set autoup = 280 * Hash buffer sizes during Specweb testing set tcp:tcp_conn_hash_size = 2097152 * Nic Interface set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1 set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0 set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=0 set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0 set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0 * To prevent buffer overflow set noexec_user_stack=1 set noexec_user_stack_log=1 |
Also, if you use software raid (Solaris Disk Suite) you will have optimal performance if you have more than one SCSI controller in the machine.
Another good read is the well known document from Adrian Cockroft about tuning Solaris. Sunhelp.org has also a good section about tuning. Finally, you can read a network guide at http://www.sean.de/Solaris/tune.html.