[Oisf-users] BIOS setting

Brian Hennigar bhennigar at gmail.com
Tue Mar 7 14:27:00 UTC 2017


It's an IBM system X server. Suricata is running in IDS mode and a mix of
10G Fibre and 1G copper for the SPANs.

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Peter Manev <petermanev at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Brian Hennigar <bhennigar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In my server BIOS, there's an option called 'Workload Configuration' with
> > two options - Balanced and I/O Sensitive.
> >
>
> What server is this and what is your target setup/environment?
>
> > The description is:
> >
> > "Select this choice to determine how to balance between I/O bandwidth and
> > balanced workload. Choosing I/O sensitive will get higher I/O bandwidth
> when
> > expansion cards are used. Choosing Balanced will allow enough frequency
> for
> > the workload while the microprocessor cores are idle."
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know if Suricata would benefit from having the I/O Sensitive
> > option enabled?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Brian
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peter Manev
>
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