Change TuneD Performance Profile

Oracle Linux uses the TuneD service to monitor connected devices and dynamically tune the system performance according to a selected profile. By default, the TuneD service assigns a recommended performance profile. In cases where the performance profile requires modification, Cockpit administrators can use the Overview page in the web console to assign a different performance profile.

What Do You Need?

• The Cockpit web console must be installed and accessible.

  For details, see these topics: Install and Enable Cockpit and Log in to the Cockpit Web Console.

• The TuneD service in Oracle Linux must be started and enabled on the host system. For more information about configuring the TuneD service, see one of the following guides:
  • Oracle Linux 8: Optimize Performance and Power Consumption With TuneD and PowerTOP
  • Oracle Linux 9: Optimize Performance and Power Consumption With TuneD and PowerTOP
  • Oracle Linux 10: Optimize Performance and Power Consumption With TuneD and PowerTOP
• Administrator privileges.

Steps

Using the Cockpit web console, follow these steps to change the performance profile assigned to the host system.

1. In the Overview page, navigate to the Configuration panel and find the Performance profile property, then click the assigned profile link.
2. In the Change performance profile dialog box, select one of the following profiles and then click Change profile to apply the change.

   Profile	Description
   None	Disables the TuneD service state.
   accelerator-performance	Provides the same tuning as the throughput-performance profile and improves the performance of certain accelerators, such as GPUs.
   balanced	Provides a generalized performance profile and is considered suitable for systems requiring a compromise between power saving and performance.
   balanced-battery	Optimizes performance for laptop systems and saves power to preserve battery life.
   desktop	Optimizes performance for desktop environments based on the balanced profile.
   hpc-compute	Optimizes the performance for high-performance computing (HPC) and is based on the latency-performance profile.
   intel-sst	Optimized for system configurations with user-defined Intel Speed Select Technology.
   latency-performance	Optimized for deterministic performance at the cost of increased power consumption.
   network-latency	Optimized for deterministic performance at the cost of increased power consumption and focuses on low latency network performance.
   network-throughput	Optimized for streaming network throughput. This profile is only necessary on older CPUs or 40G+ networks.
   optimize-serial-console	Optimized for using with a serial console.
   powersave	Optimized for low power consumption.
   throughput-performance	Optimized for increased performance across various common server workloads.
   virtual-guest	Optimized when running virtual guests based on the throughput-performance profile.
   virtual-host	Optimized for maximum performance when running KVM host.