trend compliance and detected anomalies, all on a per VPP test case
basis. Linked trendline graphs enable further drill-down into the
trendline compliance, sequence and nature of anomalies, as well as
-pointers to performance test builds/logs and VPP builds. Performance
-trending is currently based on the Maximum Receive Rate (MRR) tests. MRR
-tests measure the packet forwarding rate under the maximum load offered
+pointers to performance test builds/logs and VPP (or DPDK) builds.
+Performance trending is currently based on the Maximum Receive Rate (MRR) tests.
+MRR tests measure the packet forwarding rate under the maximum load offered
by traffic generator over a set trial duration, regardless of packet
loss. See :ref:`trending_methodology` section for more detail including
trend and anomaly calculations.
-Data samples are generated by the CSIT VPP performance trending jobs
+Data samples are generated by the CSIT VPP (and DPDK) performance trending jobs
executed twice a day (target start: every 12 hrs, 02:00, 14:00 UTC). All
-trend and anomaly evaluation is based on a rolling window of <N=14> data
-samples, covering last 7 days.
+trend and anomaly evaluation is based on an algorithm which divides test runs
+into groups according to minimum description length principle.
+The trend value is the population average of the results within a group.
-Legend to table:
+Legend to the tables:
- - **Test Case** : name of FD.io CSIT test case, naming convention
+ - **Test Case**: name of FD.io CSIT test case, naming convention
`here <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/csit-test-naming>`_.
- - **Trend [Mpps]** : last value of performance trend.
- - **Short-Term Change [%]** : Relative change of last trend value
+ - **Trend [Mpps]**: last value of performance trend.
+ - **Short-Term Change [%]**: Relative change of last trend value
vs. last week trend value.
- - **Long-Term Change [%]** : Relative change of last trend value vs.
+ - **Long-Term Change [%]**: Relative change of last trend value vs.
maximum of trend values over the last quarter except last week.
- - **Regressions [#]** : Number of regressions detected.
- - **Progressions [#]** : Number of progressions detected.
- - **Outliers [#]** : Number of outliers detected.
+ - **Regressions [#]**: Number of regressions detected.
+ - **Progressions [#]**: Number of progressions detected.
Tested VPP worker-thread-core combinations (1t1c, 2t2c, 4t4c) are listed
in separate tables in section 1.x. Followed by trending methodology in