performance.txt

#!/bin/bash
echo "*****************************************"
echo " Based on information from Google"
echo " http://dev.chromium.org/spdy/spdy-best-practices"
echo "*****************************************"
sudo su
yum –y update
echo "*****************************************"
echo " Changing initcwnd and initrwnd"
echo " Step 1: check route settings."
echo " Make a note of the line starting with 'default'"
echo "*****************************************"
ip route show
read -n1 -r -p "Press any key to continue..." key
echo "*****************************************"
echo " Changing initcwnd and initrwnd"
echo " sudo ip route change [Paste the current settings for default] initcwnd 10 initrwnd 10"
echo " if you do this wrong and blow up your IP stack you will loose remote access!"
echo "*****************************************"
#sudo ip route change default via 10.210.242.1 dev eth0 initcwnd 10 initrwnd 10
echo "*****************************************"
echo " Now change the tcp_slow_start paramenter
echo " Change the 1 to a 0
echo "*****************************************"
sudo sed -e "s/^1$/0/" /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_slow_start_after_idle

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http://dev.chromium.org/spdy/spdy-best-practices

Changing initcwnd
Adjusting the value of the initcwnd setting on Linux is simple. Assuming we want to set it to 10:

Step 1: check route settings.

sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ ip route show
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.100  metric 1 
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  proto static 
sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ 
Make a note of the line starting with default.

Step 2: Change the default settings.
Paste the current settings for default and add initcwnd 10 to it.

sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ sudo ip route change default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  proto static initcwnd 10
Step 3: Verify

sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ ip route show
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.100  metric 1 
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  proto static  initcwnd 10
sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ 
Changing initrwnd
The advertised receive window on Linux is called initrwnd. It can only be adjusted on linux kernel 2.6.33 and newer (H/T: Thomas Habets).
This is relevant for CDN servers because they interact with the origin server and it is relevant to other servers that interact with (3rd party) servers, e.g. most Web 2.0 sites that get/send data via API calls. If the interaction between your server and the other server is faster, then what you are sending to real end users will be faster too!

Step 1: check route settings.

sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ ip route show
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.100  metric 1 
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  proto static 
sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ 
Make a note of the line starting with default.

Step 2: Change the default settings.
Paste the current settings for default and add initrwnd 10 to it.

sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ sudo ip route change default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  proto static initrwnd 10
Step 3: Verify

sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ ip route show
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.100  metric 1 
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  proto static  initrwnd 10
sajal@sajal-desktop:~$ 
This changes the initcwnd and initrwnd until the next reboot. I don't know of any better way to make it persist. if you know of a way please mention it in the comments.


Change the tcp_slow_start setting:

# sudo nano /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_slow_start*

Change the 1 to a 0