BARE METAL TUNING

To run a high-performance Zeqron node (Validator level), stock OS configurations are often insufficient. This guide provides the low-level optimizations required for maximum throughput and sub-millisecond lattice latency.

OS KERNEL PARAM OPTIMIZATION

Place these in /etc/sysctl.d/99-zeqron.conf:

# Network stack optimizations
net.core.rmem_max = 67108864
net.core.wmem_max = 67108864
net.ipv4.udp_rmem_min = 16384
net.ipv4.udp_wmem_min = 16384
 
# File handle limits for BlockDAG IO
fs.file-max = 1048576

CPU & MEMORY PINNING

Zeqron utilizes NUMA-aware memory allocation. For EPYC or Xeon processors, ensure your zeqron.yaml is configured to pin specialized threads to physical cores:

node:
  cpu_affinity: "0-15"
  numa_mode: "preferred"

NVME IO PROFILING

The BlockDAG database performs massive parallel reads. For best results:

• ::Use XFS or ZFS with synchronous write disables.
• ::Ensure your IO schedule is set to none or mq-deadline.

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