{ config, ... }: # Control how and when data is written from memory to disk, which can have an impact on system performance and responsiveness. # useful for optimizing memory usage, disk writeback behavior, network settings, and other low-level kernel behaviors. { boot.kernelModules = ["tcp_bbr"]; boot.kernel.sysctl = { "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control" = "bbr"; "net.core.default_qdisc" = "fq"; "net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen" = "3"; #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Network and memory-related optimizationss for desktop 16GB #--------------------------------------------------------------------- "kernel.sysrq" = 1; # Enable SysRQ for rebooting the machine properly if it freezes. [Source](https://oglo.dev/tutorials/sysrq/index.html) "net.core.netdev_max_backlog" = 30000; # Help prevent packet loss during high traffic periods. "net.core.rmem_default" = 262144; # Default socket receive buffer size, improve network performance & applications that use sockets. Adjusted for 16GB RAM. "net.core.rmem_max" = 33554432; # Maximum socket receive buffer size, determine the amount of data that can be buffered in memory for network operations. Adjusted for 16GB RAM. "net.core.wmem_default" = 262144; # Default socket send buffer size, improve network performance & applications that use sockets. Adjusted for 16GB RAM. "net.core.wmem_max" = 33554432; # Maximum socket send buffer size, determine the amount of data that can be buffered in memory for network operations. Adjusted for 16GB RAM. "net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_threshold" = 5242880; # Reduce the chances of fragmentation. Adjusted for SSD. "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl" = 30; # TCP keepalive interval between probes to detect if a connection is still alive. "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes" = 5; # TCP keepalive probes to detect if a connection is still alive. "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time" = 300; # TCP keepalive interval in seconds to detect if a connection is still alive. "vm.dirty_background_bytes" = 134217728; # 128 MB "vm.dirty_bytes" = 402653184; # 384 MB "vm.min_free_kbytes" = 65536; # Minimum free memory for safety (in KB), helping prevent memory exhaustion situations. Adjusted for 16GB RAM. "vm.swappiness" = 10; # Adjust how aggressively the kernel swaps data from RAM to disk. Lower values prioritize keeping data in RAM. Adjusted for 16GB RAM. "vm.vfs_cache_pressure" = 90; # Adjust vfs_cache_pressure (0-1000) to manage memory used for caching filesystem objects. Adjusted for 16GB RAM. # Nobara Tweaks "fs.aio-max-nr" = 1000000; # defines the maximum number of asynchronous I/O requests that can be in progress at a given time. 1048576 "fs.inotify.max_user_watches" = 65536; # sets the maximum number of file system watches, enhancing file system monitoring capabilities. Default: 8192 TWEAKED: 524288 "kernel.panic" = 5; # Reboot after 5 seconds on kernel panic Default: 0 "kernel.pid_max" = 131072; # allows a large number of processes and threads to be managed Default: 32768 TWEAKED: 4194304 }; }