Tune System Performance

Question 1

What is the tuned service used for?

Answer 1

Automatically modifies device settings to meet specific system needs based on a predefined selected tuning profile.

Question 2

How are all changes reverted of the selected profile to the system settings?

Answer 2

By either switching to another profile or deactivating the tuned service.

Question 3

Why does a system assign relative priority to a process?

Answer 3

To determine its CPU access.

Question 4

What is the relative priority assigned to a process to determine CPU access called?

Answer 4

nice value of a process

Question 5

What does the nice command do?

Answer 5

Assigns a priority to a process when it starts.

Question 6

What does the renice command do?

Answer 6

Modifies the priority of a running process.