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=== Connection Hash Table Size ===
 
=== Connection Hash Table Size ===
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The IPVS connection hash table uses the chaining scheme to handle
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hash collisions. Using a big IPVS connection hash table will greatly
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reduce conflicts when there are hundreds of thousands of connections
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in the hash table.
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Note the table size must be power of 2. The table size will be the
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value of 2 to the your input number power. The number to choose is
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from 8 to 20, the default number is 12, which means the table size
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is 4096. Don't input the number too small, otherwise you will lose
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performance on it. You can adapt the table size yourself, according
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to your virtual server application. It is good to set the table size
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not far less than the number of connections per second multiplying
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average lasting time of connection in the table.  For example, your
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virtual server gets 200 connections per second, the connection lasts
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for 200 seconds in average in the connection table, the table size
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should be not far less than 200x200, it is good to set the table
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size 32768 (2**15).
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We can configure the size of IPVS connection hash table before compiling the Linux kernel. Here are the IPVS configurations in the 'make menuconfig' menu:
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<pre>
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Networking Options -->
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  IP: Virtual Server Configuration -->
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    <M> virtual server support (EXPERIMENTAL)
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    [ ]  IP virtual server debugging
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    (12)  IPVS connection table size (the Nth power of 2)
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    --- IPVS scheduler
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    <M>  round-robin scheduling
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    <M>  weighted round-robin scheduling
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    <M>  least-connection scheduling scheduling
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    <M>  weighted least-connection scheduling
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    <M>  locality-based least-connection scheduling
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    <M>  locality-based least-connection with replication scheduling
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    <M>  destination hashing scheduling
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    <M>  source hashing scheduling
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    <M>  shortest expected delay scheduling
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    <M>  never queue scheduling
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    --- IPVS application helper
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    <M>  FTP protocol helper
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</pre>
  
 
=== Netfilter Connection Track ===
 
=== Netfilter Connection Track ===

Revision as of 15:28, 13 May 2006

Performance Measurement

Tools

  • ab: apache benchmark
  • specweb: web server benchmark by spec.org, it is now specweb2005.
  • webbench: a licensed benchmark program that measures the performance of Web servers, developed by VeriTest.


Performance Tuning

Connection Hash Table Size

The IPVS connection hash table uses the chaining scheme to handle hash collisions. Using a big IPVS connection hash table will greatly reduce conflicts when there are hundreds of thousands of connections in the hash table.

Note the table size must be power of 2. The table size will be the value of 2 to the your input number power. The number to choose is from 8 to 20, the default number is 12, which means the table size is 4096. Don't input the number too small, otherwise you will lose performance on it. You can adapt the table size yourself, according to your virtual server application. It is good to set the table size not far less than the number of connections per second multiplying average lasting time of connection in the table. For example, your virtual server gets 200 connections per second, the connection lasts for 200 seconds in average in the connection table, the table size should be not far less than 200x200, it is good to set the table size 32768 (2**15).

We can configure the size of IPVS connection hash table before compiling the Linux kernel. Here are the IPVS configurations in the 'make menuconfig' menu: 

Networking Options -->
  IP: Virtual Server Configuration -->
    <M> virtual server support (EXPERIMENTAL)
    [ ]   IP virtual server debugging
    (12)   IPVS connection table size (the Nth power of 2)
    --- IPVS scheduler
    <M>   round-robin scheduling
    <M>   weighted round-robin scheduling
    <M>   least-connection scheduling scheduling
    <M>   weighted least-connection scheduling
    <M>   locality-based least-connection scheduling
    <M>   locality-based least-connection with replication scheduling
    <M>   destination hashing scheduling
    <M>   source hashing scheduling
    <M>   shortest expected delay scheduling
    <M>   never queue scheduling
    --- IPVS application helper
    <M>   FTP protocol helper

Netfilter Connection Track

External Links

  • The C10K problem written by Dan Kegel, good notes on how to configure operating systems and write code to support 10K clients on a single server
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