Data Center Benchmarking Methodology
draft-ietf-bmwg-dcbench-methodology-13
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Document | Type | Active Internet-Draft (bmwg WG) | |
Authors | Lucien Avramov , jhrapp@gmail.com | ||
Last updated | 2017-06-20 | ||
Replaces | draft-bmwg-dcbench-methodology | ||
Stream | Internent Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
Formats | pdf htmlized (tools) htmlized bibtex | ||
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Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
Document shepherd | Sarah Banks | ||
Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2017-05-16) | ||
IESG | IESG state | IESG Evaluation | |
Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
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Responsible AD | Warren Kumari | ||
Send notices to | Sarah Banks <sbanks@encrypted.net> | ||
IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed |
Internet Engineering Task Force L. Avramov INTERNET-DRAFT, Intended Status: Informational Google Expires December 22,2017 J. Rapp June 20, 2017 VMware Data Center Benchmarking Methodology draft-ietf-bmwg-dcbench-methodology-13 Abstract The purpose of this informational document is to establish test and evaluation methodology and measurement techniques for physical network equipment in the data center. Many of these terms and methods may be applicable beyond this publication's scope as the technologies originally applied in the data center are deployed elsewhere. Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet-Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2017 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of Avramov & Rapp Expires December 22, 2017 [Page 1] INTERNET-DRAFT Data Center Benchmarking Methodology June 20, 2017 the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Avramov & Rapp Expires December 22, 2017 [Page 2] INTERNET-DRAFT Data Center Benchmarking Methodology June 20, 2017 Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2. Methodology format and repeatability recommendation . . . . 5 2. Line Rate Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.3 Reporting Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Buffering Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.2 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.3 Reporting format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4 Microburst Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.2 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.3 Reporting Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5. Head of Line Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5.1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5.2 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5.3 Reporting Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6. Incast Stateful and Stateless Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6.1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6.2 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6.3 Reporting Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.2. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1. Introduction Traffic patterns in the data center are not uniform and are constantly changing. They are dictated by the nature and variety of applications utilized in the data center. It can be largely east-westShow full document text