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Host Tuning

Here you will find information on how to tune Linux, Mac OSX, and FreeBSD hosts connected at speeds of 1Gbps or higher for maximum I/O performance for wide area network transfers. Note that several of the tuning settings described here will actually decrease performance of hosts connected at rates of OC3 (155 Mbps) or less, such as home users.

Background Information

Proper host tuning can lead to up to 100x performance increases. Here are the reasons why. Read More »

Linux Tuning

This page contains a quick reference guide for Linux 2.6 tuning, TCP Tuning, NIC tuning, and more for Linux 2.6. See also in this category, the Linux Tuning Expert page and Measurement Host Tuning. Read More »

Mac OSX Tuning

Tuning settings for Mac OSX. Read More »

FreeBSD Tuning

Tuning settings for FreeBSD. Read More »

MS Windows

Tuning settings for Microsoft Windows. Read More »

Other Operating Systems Tuning

Information on Solaris and other OSes. Read More »

NIC Tuning

Vendor specific NIC tuning information. Read More »