• Hardware: Latest Intel Server Platform is the major tuning target platform.
• Software: Based on Real-Time Linux https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page.

Please refer to kvmfornfv test page for details.

A right configuration is critical for improving the NFV performance/latency. Even on the same codebase, different configrations can make completely different performance/latency result.

There are many combinations of configurations, from hardware configuration to Operating System configuration and application level configuration. And there is no one simple configuration that works for every case. To tune a specific scenario, it's important to know the behaviors of different configurations and their impact.