9. Performance

• 9.1. Runmodes
  • 9.1.1. Different runmodes
  • 9.1.2. Load balancing
• 9.2. Packet Capture
  • 9.2.1. Load balancing
  • 9.2.2. RSS
  • 9.2.3. Offloading
  • 9.2.4. Recommendations
• 9.3. Tuning Considerations
  • 9.3.1. max-pending-packets: <number>
  • 9.3.2. mpm-algo: <ac|hs|ac-bs|ac-ks>
  • 9.3.3. detect.profile: <low|medium|high|custom>
  • 9.3.4. detect.sgh-mpm-context: <auto|single|full>
  • 9.3.5. af-packet
  • 9.3.6. ring-size
  • 9.3.7. stream.bypass
• 9.4. Hyperscan
  • 9.4.1. Introduction
  • 9.4.2. Compilation
  • 9.4.3. Using Hyperscan
  • 9.4.4. Ubuntu Hyperscan Installation
    • 9.4.4.1. libboost headers
    • 9.4.4.2. Trusty
    • 9.4.4.3. Hyperscan
• 9.5. High Performance Configuration
  • 9.5.1. NIC
  • 9.5.2. CPU affinity and NUMA
    • 9.5.2.1. Intel based systems
    • 9.5.2.2. AMD based systems
    • 9.5.2.3. Other considerations
• 9.6. Statistics
  • 9.6.1. stats.log file
    • 9.6.1.1. Detecting packet loss
  • 9.6.2. Kernel drops
  • 9.6.3. Tools to plot graphs
• 9.7. Ignoring Traffic
  • 9.7.1. capture filters (BPF)
    • 9.7.1.1. BPF and IPS
  • 9.7.2. pass rules
  • 9.7.3. suppress
  • 9.7.4. encrypted traffic
  • 9.7.5. bypassing traffic
• 9.8. Packet Profiling
• 9.9. Rule Profiling
• 9.10. Tcmalloc
  • 9.10.1. Installation
  • 9.10.2. Usage
• 9.11. Performance Analysis
  • 9.11.1. System Load
  • 9.11.2. Logfiles
  • 9.11.3. Suricata Load
  • 9.11.4. Traffic
    • 9.11.4.1. Basics
    • 9.11.4.2. Advanced
    • 9.11.4.3. Elephant Flows
  • 9.11.5. Rules