ULTRA-LOW-LATENCY HFT INFRASTRUCTURE CERTIFIED COURSE

Essential Skills You Will Develop – Ultra-Low-Latency HFT Infrastructure:

• HFT Infrastructure Architecture & Design
• Ultra-Low-Latency System Optimization
• Linux Kernel & OS Performance Tuning
• CPU, NUMA & Memory Optimization
• High-Performance NIC Configuration
• DPDK, RDMA & Kernel-B
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• Multicast & Exchange Connectivity
• Network Latency Measurement & Benchmarking
• Time Synchronization & Precision Timing
• End-to-End HFT Infrastructure Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Tools Covered:

• Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL)
• DPDK
• RDMA / RoCE
• eBPF / XDP
• Wireshark
• tcpdump
• ethtool
• Linux perf
• numactl
• taskset
• irqbalance
• PTP / linuxptp
• Chrony
• TRex Traffic Generator

Syllabus:

Module 1: HFT Infrastructure Fundamentals

• HFT architecture and infrastructure components
• Latency, jitter and determinism
• Trading system and market-data workflows

Module 2: Low-Latency Server Architecture

• High-performance CPU and memory architecture
• CPU cores, cache and NUMA topology
• Server hardware optimization

Module 3: Linux OS & Kernel Optimization

• Linux kernel performance tuning
• CPU isolation and process affinity
• Interrupt and scheduler optimization

Module 4: NIC & Network Optimization

• High-performance NIC architecture
• RSS, RPS, XPS and hardware offloading
• NIC driver and firmware optimization

Module 5: Kernel Bypass Networking

• Kernel-bypass concepts
• DPDK architecture and packet processing
• Zero-copy and high-speed networking

Module 6: RDMA & High-Speed Communication

• RDMA and RoCE fundamentals
• Low-latency data transfer
• RDMA performance tuning

Module 7: Multicast & Exchange Connectivity

• Market-data multicast architecture
• IGMP, PIM and multicast optimization
• Exchange connectivity and cross-connects

Module 8: Precision Timing & Synchronization

• PTP and precision time synchronization
• Clock sources and timestamping
• Time accuracy and latency measurement

Module 9: Performance Monitoring & Benchmarking

• Microsecond-level latency measurement
• CPU, NIC and network profiling
• Performance testing and bottleneck analysis

Module 10: HFT Infrastructure Optimization Projects

• End-to-end HFT infrastructure optimization
• Low-latency trading environment design
• Real-world HFT infrastructure projects

Industry Projects:

• End-to-End Ultra-Low-Latency HFT Infrastructure Design
• Linux Kernel & CPU Performance Optimization
• NUMA-Aware HFT Server Optimization
• High-Performance NIC & Network Tuning
• DPDK-Based Low-Latency Packet Processing
• RDMA/RoCE High-Speed Communication Project
• Market Data Multicast & Exchange Connectivity
• PTP-Based Precision Time Synchronization
• Microsecond-Level HFT Latency Benchmarking
• Real-Time HFT Infrastructure Monitoring & Optimization

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