[Oisf-users] cpu affinity...

[Russell Fulton]

On 3/09/2013, at 8:18 AM, Russell Fulton <r.fulton at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

>>> I took this from the SO default and added 10 to the CPU numbers.
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>> Why did you add 10 ?
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> Because bro seemed to be using the lower numbered CPUs so I thought I would move suricata.
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>> What is your purpose of doing the CPU affinity?
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> I thought that by explicitly spreading the processes across the cpus I would reduce contention

I have turned cpu affinity off and things are much more balanced.  I guess I should stop fiddling until I have a problem!

Russell