:_module-type: CONCEPT
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= The default TuneD profile

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During the installation, the best profile for your system is selected automatically. Currently, the default profile is selected according to the following customizable rules:

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| Environment | Default profile | Goal
| Compute nodes | `throughput-performance` | The best throughput performance
| Virtual machines | `virtual-guest` | The best performance. If you are not interested in the best performance, you can change it to the `balanced` or `powersave` profile.
| Other cases | `balanced` | Balanced performance and power consumption
|===

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* `tuned.conf(5)` man page.
