> (abstract) Optimizations for throughput are: MTU, packet sizes, tuning Linux kernel parameters, thread affinity, core locality and efficient timers. Cloudfla

> (abstract) Optimizations for throughput are: MTU, packet sizes, tuning Linux kernel parameters, thread affinity, core locality and efficient timers. Cloudflare's u/majke shared a series of articles on a similar topic [0][1][2] (with focus on achieving line-rate with higher packets-per-second and lower latency instead of throughput) that I found super helpful especially since they are so very thorough [3]. Speaking of throughput, u/drewg123 wrote an article on how Netflix does 100gbps with FreeBSD's network stack [4] and here's BBC on how they do so by bypassing Linux's network stack [5]. --- [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10763323 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10763323 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12404137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12404137 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17063816 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17063816 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12408672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12408672 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15367421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15367421 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16986100 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16986100