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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+.. (c) 2017 ZTE Corp.
+
+
+***********
+Storage QPI
+***********
+
+The storage QPI gives user an overall score for storage performance.
+
+The measurement is done by `StorPerf`_.
+
+.. _StorPerf: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/storperf
+
+Baseline
+========
+
+Baseline is established by testing with a set of work loads:
+
+- `Queue depth`_ (1, 2, 8)
+- `Block size`_ (2KB, 8KB, 16KB)
+- `Read write`_
+  - sequential read
+  - sequential write
+  - random read
+  - random write
+  - random mixed read write 70/30
+
+.. _Queue depth: http://fio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fio_man.html#cmdoption-arg-iodepth
+.. _Block size: http://fio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fio_man.html#cmdoption-arg-blocksize
+.. _Read write: http://fio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fio_man.html#cmdoption-arg-readwrite
+
+Metrics
+=======
+
+- Throughput: data transfer rate
+- IOPS: I/O operations per second
+- Latency: response time
+
+Workload Scores
+===============
+
+For each test run, if an equivalent work load in baseline is available, a score will be calculated by comparing the
+result to baseline.
+
+Section Scores
+==============
+
++-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
+| Section         | Detail                                                 | Indication                              |
++=================+========================================================+=========================================+
+| IOPS            | Read write I/O Operation per second under steady state | Important for frequent storage access   |
+|                 | Workloads : random read/write                          | such as event sinks                     |
++-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
+| Throughput      | Read write data transfer rate under steady state       | Important for high throughput services  |
+|                 | Workloads: sequential read/write, block size 16KB      | such as video server                    |
++-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
+| Latency         | Average response latency under steady state            | Important for real time applications    |
+|                 | Workloads: all                                         |                                         |
++-----------------+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
+
+Section score is the `geometric mean <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_mean>`_ of all
+workload score.
+
+Storage QPI
+===========
+
+Storage QPI is the `weighted arithmetic mean <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_arithmetic_mean>`_ of all section
+scores.