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authorAl Morton <acmorton@att.com>2016-03-26 16:49:20 -0400
committerAl Morton <acmorton@att.com>2016-03-26 17:01:27 -0400
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LTD: Add Rationale for 10^-7 % Loss Ratio
This expanded item in the Throughput RFC description explains a choice we made in Release A. modified: docs/requirements/vswitchperf_ltd.rst JIRA: VSPERF-2?? (having trouble with JIRA on 3/26) Change-Id: Icf5132f55c8b00f99c41439ca644655dfcdf017d Signed-off-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
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@@ -959,7 +959,15 @@ largest frames of 9K bytes.
Types of tests are:
1. Throughput test defines the maximum number of frames per second
- that can be transmitted without any error.
+ that can be transmitted without any error, or 0% loss ratio.
+ In some Throughput tests (and those tests with long duration),
+ evaluation of an additional frame loss ratio is suggested. The
+ current ratio (10^-7 %) is based on understanding the typical
+ user-to-user packet loss ratio needed for good application
+ performance and recognizing that a single transfer through a
+ vswitch must contribute a tiny fraction of user-to-user loss.
+ Further, the ratio 10^-7 % also recognizes practical limitations
+ when measuring loss ratio.
2. Latency test measures the time required for a frame to travel from
the originating device through the network to the destination device.