X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fdpdk_performance_tests%2Fcsit_release_notes.rst;h=bd89657135a5f92cd1ee72bea9c67d9c990dcc4d;hp=d073c493fe46020ffd184f2392e27498d256d1b4;hb=b8502d5ccf9030270fafe06fe860143b5f9b78d0;hpb=b37edd789d18a621896b26a42048bd6929742e0a diff --git a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index d073c493fe..bd89657135 100644 --- a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -6,151 +6,164 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. **DPDK performance tests** - - *MRR tests* - Maximum Receive Rate tests measure the packet forwarding rate - under the maximum load offered by traffic generator over a set trial - duration, regardless of packet loss. MRR tests are used for continuous - performance trending and for comparison between releases. + - **MRR Throughput**: MRR (Maximum Receive Rate) test code has now + configurable trial duration and number of consecutive executions. + Coverage of MRR tests has been extended across more test + scenarios. MRR tests are used for continuous performance trending + and for comparison between DPDK releases. - - *MLR tests* - NDR and PDR tests measure the packet forwarding rate using - MLRsearch library by traffic generator. All tests that previously used - binary search were converted to MLRsearch. + - **MLRsearch Throughput**: MLRsearch algorithm has been introduced + for all NDR and PDR throughput tests. All tests that previously + used binary search got converted to MLRsearch. Coverage of NDR/PDR + tests has been extended across more test scenarios. - - *2-node tests* - Set of 2-node tests covering testpmd and l3fwd. + - **2-Node Tests**: A new set of 2-node tests covering DPDK Testpmd + and L3fwd, running on new Xeon Skylake testbeds. - - Increased coverage of NIC specific tests (Intel-xxv710-da2, Intel-x710) + - **More NICs**: Increased coverage of NIC models tested: Intel- + xxv710-da2, Intel-x710-da4. - - *Generated tests* - Simplified and unified test structure, - semi-autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently able - to create test combinations with various frame size and cores combinations. - All existing test cases were converted to new format. + - **Generated tests**: Simplified and unified test structure, semi- + autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently + able to create test combinations with various frame size and + cores combinations. All existing test cases were converted to new + format. +#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer** + + - **Performance trending**: Added continuous performance trending with + anomaly detection and analysis for DPDK. Performance Changes ------------------- -Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput in |csit-release| -are calculated against the results from |csit-release-1| -report. Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on -a series of the same tests executed against respective DPDK releases to -verify test results repeatability, with percentage change calculated for -mean values. +Relative performance changes in measured NDR, PDR and MRR packet +throughput in |csit-release| are calculated against the test results +from |csit-release-1| report, for tests running on 3-Node Intel Xeon +Haswell testbeds (3n-hsw) in 1-core, 2-core and 4-core (MRR only) +configurations. + +Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on a series +of the same tests executed against respective VPP releases to verify +test results repeatability, with percentage change calculated for mean +values. NDR Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~ -NDR throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII -formats: +NDR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty +ASCII formats: - - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_. + - `CSV 1t1c NDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_, + - `CSV 2t2c NDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_, + - `ASCII 1t1c NDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_, + - `ASCII 2t2c NDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_. .. note:: Test results have been generated by `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ - with Robot Framework result + with RF result files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. PDR Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~ -PDR throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII -formats: +PDR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty +ASCII formats: - - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_. + - `CSV 1t1c PDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_, + - `CSV 2t2c PDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_, + - `ASCII 1t1c PDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_, + - `ASCII 2t2c PDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_. .. note:: Test results have been generated by `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ - with Robot Framework result + with RF result files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. MRR Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~ -MRR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a -CSV and pretty ASCII formats: +MRR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty +ASCII formats: - - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 4t4c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 4t4c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.txt>`_. + - `CSV 1t1c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.csv>`_, + - `CSV 2t2c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.csv>`_, + - `CSV 4t4c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.csv>`_, + - `ASCII 1t1c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.txt>`_, + - `ASCII 2t2c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.txt>`_, + - `ASCII 4t4c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.txt>`_. .. note:: Test results have been generated by `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_, - with Robot Framework result + with RF result files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. -Comparison Across Testbeds --------------------------- +Skx vs. Hsw Comparison +---------------------- Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput on 3-Node Skx testbed are calculated against the results measured on 3-Node Hsw testbed. -NDR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ +NDR Comparison +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII formats: - - `csv format for ndr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for ndr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.txt>`_. + - `CSV 1c NDR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_, + - `ASCII 1c NDR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.txt>`_. .. note:: Test results have been generated by `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_ - with Robot Framework result + with RF result files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. -PDR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ +PDR Comparison +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII formats: - - `csv format for pdr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for pdr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_. + - `CSV 1c PDR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_, + - `ASCII 1c PDR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_. .. note:: Test results have been generated by `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_ - with Robot Framework result + with RF result files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. -MRR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ +MRR Comparison +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MRR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII formats: - - `csv format for mrr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for mrr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.txt>`_. + - `CSV 1c MRR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.csv>`_, + - `ASCII 1c MRR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.txt>`_. .. note:: Test results have been generated by `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_ - with Robot Framework result + with RF result files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.