Data Center Benchmarking Methodology
draft-ietf-bmwg-dcbench-methodology-13
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Internet Engineering Task Force L. Avramov
INTERNET-DRAFT, Intended Status: Informational Google
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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.
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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-west
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