Performance Optimization

Networking Throttle Strategies for Managing 3000 Servers with Ansible

December 5, 2024
Posted by Luca Berton
Ansible, Networking, Performance Optimization, Scalability, Configuration Management, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, Automation

Introduction Managing a large-scale Ansible deployment with 3000 servers can lead to network bottlenecks, extended wait times, and task failures.

Why Memory, Not CPU, Is the Critical Bottleneck in Ansible Automation

December 5, 2024
Posted by Luca Berton
Ansible, Automation, Memory Management, Performance Optimization, Configuration Management, DevOps, IT Operations, Scalability, Playbooks, Infrastructure as Code

Introduction As IT environments scale, automation tools like Ansible face unique performance challenges.

Optimizing Linux with chrt Mastering Process Scheduling

February 22, 2024
Posted by Luca Berton
Linux, chrt command, process scheduling, real-time scheduling, SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_BATCH, SCHED_IDLE, SCHED_OTHER, SCHED_RR, system administration, Linux terminal, command line tools, operating system, task management, performance optimization, batch processing, FIFO scheduling, round-robin scheduling, deadline scheduling, CPU prioritization

Introduction The chrt command in Linux is a powerful tool designed for manipulating the real-time attributes of a process.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 x86-64-v3 feature

January 21, 2024
Posted by Luca Berton
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, x86-64-v3, RHEL 10, GCC 12, CentOS ISA SIG, AVX, AVX2, FMA, VEX encoding, ISA enhancements, Intel Haswell, AMD Excavator, Intel Atom, microarchitecture, performance optimization, Linux compilers, data science computing, numerical applications, CPU capabilities, software development

Introduction to x86–64-v3 in RHEL 10 In Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9, Red Hat upgraded the instruction set architecture (ISA) baseline to the x86–64-v2 microarchitecture level.