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diff --git a/docs/cpta/methodology/performance_tests.rst b/docs/cpta/methodology/performance_tests.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 82e64f870a..0000000000 --- a/docs/cpta/methodology/performance_tests.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -Performance Tests ------------------ - -Performance trending relies on Maximum Receive Rate (MRR) tests. -MRR tests measure the packet forwarding rate, in multiple trials of set -duration, under the maximum load offered by traffic generator -regardless of packet loss. Maximum load for specified Ethernet frame -size is set to the bi-directional link rate. - -Current parameters for performance trending MRR tests: - -- **Ethernet frame sizes**: 64B (78B for IPv6 tests) for all tests, IMIX for - selected tests (vhost, memif); all quoted sizes include frame CRC, but - exclude per frame transmission overhead of 20B (preamble, inter frame - gap). -- **Maximum load offered**: 10GE and 40GE link (sub-)rates depending on NIC - tested, with the actual packet rate depending on frame size, - transmission overhead and traffic generator NIC forwarding capacity. - - - For 10GE NICs the maximum packet rate load is 2* 14.88 Mpps for 64B, - a 10GE bi-directional link rate. - - For 40GE NICs the maximum packet rate load is 2* 18.75 Mpps for 64B, - a 40GE bi-directional link sub-rate limited by the packet forwarding - capacity of 2-port 40GE NIC model (XL710) used on T-Rex Traffic - Generator. - -- **Trial duration**: 1 sec. -- **Number of trials per test**: 10. -- **Test execution frequency**: twice a day, every 12 hrs (02:00, - 14:00 UTC). - -Note: MRR tests should be reporting bi-directional link rate (or NIC -rate, if lower) if tested VPP configuration can handle the packet rate -higher than bi-directional link rate, e.g. large packet tests and/or -multi-core tests. In other words MRR = min(VPP rate, bi-dir link rate, -NIC rate). |