Performance Tuning for Linux Servers

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named pipes 2nd

Namesys

     ResierFS

NAPI (network device driver API) 2nd 3rd 4th

NAS 2nd

    SANs (storage area networks)

         compared

NAS (network attached storage)

native code

     application servers

ndirty parameter (bdflush)

NEIGHBOR

     kernel parameters 2nd

net core

     kernel parameters

NetBench 2nd 3rd 4th

netdev_max_backlog parameter (kernel) 2nd

Netperf benchmarks 2nd

Netperf3 microbenchmark

     Gigabit Ethernet tuning 2nd 3rd

netstat command

    network utilization

         monitoring 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

network attached storage (NAS) [See NAS (network attached storage)]

network benchmarks

     dbench

     Netperf 2nd

     SPEC SFS

network file system protocols 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

network initialization

     Slackware

Network Operating Systems (NOS)

network protocol stack 2nd

     TCP/IP

network storage servers

networking

     application servers

networks

     kernel parameters 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

     performance 2nd 3rd

         benchmarks 2nd 3rd 4th

         IRQ affinity 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

         kernel enhancements 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th

         NAPI (network device driver API) 2nd 3rd 4th

         NetBench 2nd 3rd 4th

         Netperf3 benchmark 2nd 3rd

         process affinity

         SendFile API 2nd 3rd 4th

         SPECWeb99 benchmark 2nd 3rd 4th

         TOE (TCP Offload Engine) 2nd 3rd

         TSO (TCP Segmentation Offloading) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

         VolcanoMark benchmark 2nd 3rd

         Zerocopy 2nd 3rd 4th

    tuning

         kernel parameter tuning mechanisms 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

         network protocol stack 2nd 3rd

    utilization

         monitoring 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

nfract parameter (bdflush)

nfract_stop_bdflush parameter (bdflush)

nfract_sync parameter (bdflush)

NFS

     (Network File System)

     client/server implementations

     tuning 2nd

nfsstat command

    network utilization

         monitoring

NICs

    Gigabit Ethernet NICs

         tuning 2nd 3rd

nodes

     device nodes

     memory

     NUMA servers 2nd

non-interactive tasks

     starving

Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)

Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) [See NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture)]

noop I/O scheduler

NOS (Network Operating Systems)

Novel SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Novell

nr_pdflush_threads parameter (virtual memory)

NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access)

NUMA (non-uniform memory access)

     schedulers

NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

     hardware

     hierarchy

     high bandwidth interconnect

     interconnects 2nd 3rd

     lacency ratios

     MPIO (Multipath I/O)

     nodes 2nd

     timers

numerical analysis