A few tweaks to get the most out of your Owned Networks Cloud VPS. All commands require root or sudo access via SSH.
Network performance
These settings increase TCP buffer sizes so your VPS handles high-throughput connections more efficiently. Copy the text from the box below and paste it into your SSH terminal.
| SSH terminal — copy this text |
| cat >> /etc/sysctl.conf << 'EOF' net.core.rmem_max=16777216 net.core.wmem_max=16777216 net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=4096 87380 16777216 net.ipv4.tcp_wmem=4096 65536 16777216 EOF sysctl -p |
Note: These changes persist across reboots automatically — no further action needed.
DNS servers
We recommend Google's public DNS servers for fast, reliable resolution.
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IPv4 8.8.8.8 |
IPv6 2001:4860:4860::8888 |
How to apply: Edit /etc/resolv.conf and add or replace nameserver lines with the IPs above. If your system uses systemd-resolved, update /etc/systemd/resolved.conf instead.
Disk I/O optimization
Your VPS uses a virtual disk — telling Linux about this enables a faster I/O scheduler and better caching.
Note: If you installed from an ISO (not our default template), change your disk driver from IDE to Virtio in SolusVM → Settings first, then power cycle your VPS. Our templates use Virtio by default.
Step 1 — Apply immediately (this session only)
| SSH terminal — copy this text |
| echo 0 > /sys/block/vda/queue/rotational echo 0 > /sys/block/vda/queue/rq_affinity echo noop > /sys/block/vda/queue/scheduler |
Step 2 — Persist across reboots
| SSH terminal — copy this text |
| cat >> /etc/rc.local << 'EOF' echo 0 > /sys/block/vda/queue/rotational echo 0 > /sys/block/vda/queue/rq_affinity echo noop > /sys/block/vda/queue/scheduler EOF chmod +x /etc/rc.local |
Step 3 — Tune memory and cache behavior
| SSH terminal — copy this text |
| cat >> /etc/sysctl.conf << 'EOF' vm.swappiness=5 vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 EOF sysctl -p |
What this does: vm.swappiness=5 tells Linux to keep data in RAM rather than swapping to disk. vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 keeps file and directory metadata cached longer — both improve responsiveness.
Verify your settings
Run these read-only commands to confirm everything applied correctly — they won't change anything on your server.
Check sysctl values
| SSH terminal — copy this text |
| sysctl net.core.rmem_max net.core.wmem_max vm.swappiness vm.vfs_cache_pressure |
Check I/O scheduler
| SSH terminal — copy this text |
| cat /sys/block/vda/queue/scheduler |
The scheduler output should show [noop] highlighted. If anything looks off, open a support ticket and we'll help you sort it out.
