Multi-Core Speedup
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-All performance tests are executed with single processor core and with
+All performance tests are executed with single physical core and with
multiple cores scenarios.
Intel Hyper-Threading (HT)
making it impractical for continuous changes of HT mode of operation.
|csit-release| performance tests are executed with server SUTs' Intel
-XEON processors configured with Intel Hyper-Threading Disabled for all
-Xeon Haswell testbeds (3n-hsw) and with Intel Hyper-Threading Enabled
-for all Xeon Skylake testbeds.
+XEON processors configured with Intel Hyper-Threading Enabled
+for all Xeon Skylake and Xeon Cascadelake testbeds.
More information about physical testbeds is provided in
:ref:`tested_physical_topologies`.
|csit-release| multi-core tests are executed in the following VPP worker
thread and physical core configurations:
-#. Intel Xeon Haswell testbeds (3n-hsw) with Intel HT disabled
- (1 logical CPU core per each physical core):
-
- #. 1t1c - 1 VPP worker thread on 1 physical core.
- #. 2t2c - 2 VPP worker threads on 2 physical cores.
- #. 4t4c - 4 VPP worker threads on 4 physical cores.
-
-#. Intel Xeon Skylake testbeds (2n-skx, 3n-skx) with Intel HT enabled
- (2 logical CPU cores per each physical core):
+#. Intel Xeon Skylake and Cascadelake testbeds (2n-skx, 3n-skx, 2n-clx)
+ with Intel HT enabled (2 logical CPU cores per each physical core):
#. 2t1c - 2 VPP worker threads on 1 physical core.
#. 4t2c - 4 VPP worker threads on 2 physical cores.