2012 - Low Latency Performance Tuning for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

This paper provides a tactical tuning overview on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for latency-sensitive workloads. In a sense, this document is a cheat-sheet for getting started, intended to complement existing Red Hat documentation. It is very important to gain a deep understanding of these tuning suggestions before you apply them in any production scenario, as your-mileage-will-vary. Note that certain features mentioned in this paper may require the latest minor versions of RHEL 6.