Tuning for Zero Packet Loss in Red Hat OpenStack Platform

http://redhatstackblog.redhat.com/2017/07/11/tuning-for-zero-packet-loss-in-red-hat-openstack-platform-part-1/?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY

For Telcos considering OpenStack, one of the major areas of focus can be around network performance. While the performance discussion may often begin with talk of throughput numbers expressed in Million-packets-per-second (Mpps) values across Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) hardware, it really is only the tip of the performance iceberg. The most common requirement is to have absolutely stable and deterministic network performance as many applications in the Telco space require low latency that can only tolerate zero packet loss.

In this “Operationalizing OpenStack” blogpost Federico Iezzi, EMEA Cloud Architect with Red Hat, discusses some of the real-world deep tuning and process required to make zero packet loss a reality.

Many of those tips apply to other Linux versions as well.