Thanks Shuva, we will not use it then.

On the other hand, in general for performance test we either use fast disk 
(SSD) or disable the datastore persistence [1] so that controller does not need 
to write into physical HDD every datastore transaction.

[1] https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Integration/Distribution/Cluster_Scripts


> On Jul 28, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Shuva Jyoti Kar <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> It was only experimental. There's some level of testing(triggering scenarios 
> like kernel panic)  to be done before actually formalizing it.
> So would not recommend formal testing using it now.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Shuva
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sanjib Mohapatra 
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 11:42 AM
> To: Luis Gomez
> Cc: Abhijit Kumbhare; [email protected]; 
> openflowplugin-dev; Jin Gan; BUCI DUAC R&D INDIA PDG SDNC XFT6
> Subject: RE: [integration-dev] OpenFlow tests for next ODL perf paper
> 
> Hi Luis
> 
> Got a recommendation from dev to use fsync = off in akka.conf under 
> "odl-cluster-data"
> It was tested at their end and they found performance to be increased 2x.
> 
> persistence {
>   journal {
>       leveldb {
>         # Set native = off to use a Java-only implementation of leveldb.
>         # Note that the Java-only version is not currently considered by Akka 
> to be production quality.
> 
>         fsync = off
>       }
>     }
> }
> 
> Thanks
> Sanjib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luis Gomez [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: 29 July 2016 02:27
> To: Sanjib Mohapatra
> Cc: Abhijit Kumbhare; [email protected]; 
> openflowplugin-dev; Jin Gan; BUCI DUAC R&D INDIA PDG SDNC XFT6
> Subject: Re: [integration-dev] OpenFlow tests for next ODL perf paper
> 
> 
>> On Jul 28, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Sanjib Mohapatra 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Luis
>> 
>> I would like to have one clarification, By “100K flows on an OF network of 
>> different size: 16-32-64-128 switches”, does it mean same 100K flows for 
>> 16-32-64 switches ?
> 
> The goal is to run the perf test on different OF network sizes so we know 
> what is the impact (if any) of this.
> 
>> 
>> I have some local scripts to run 150K-15 DPN, 330K-33DPN etc, I run it with 
>> following configuration optimisation in controller nodes. The DPNs are 
>> equally spread across controller nodes.
> 
> If you increase the number of flows from one network to another, you are 
> running some sort of scalability test mixed with the performance test that 
> can confuse the result, like the perf degradation is because of the number of 
> switches or because the number of flows that has to be stored and programmed… 
> For this reason I would prefer to run the test with the same condition of fix 
> 100K flows divided among the switches that are available in the network. It 
> is also that testing this way we can easily compare one network result to 
> another.
> 
>> 
>>       I.          fsync = off in akka.conf
> 
> What is this setting?
> 
>>     II.          changing root logging to ERROR from INFO
>>    III.          Set JAVA_MIN_MEM=512M JAVA_MAX_MEM=8192M in karaf
>>    IV.          <skip-table-features>true</skip-table-features> in 
>> 42-openflowplugin-He.xml
>> 
>> I can rerun those scripts by tweaking it to the current requirement . Do let 
>> me know if any other configuration optimisation is required. Also could you 
>> please provide path to Boron distribution. I ran below scripts in stable 
>> Beryllium.
> 
> Master distribution is in nexus: 
> https://nexus.opendaylight.org/content/repositories/opendaylight.snapshot/org/opendaylight/integration/distribution-karaf/0.5.0-SNAPSHOT/
> 
> Does your test automation provide all the perf numbers required in this TC: 
> controller programming time, switch programming time, and flow confirmation 
> delay? If not, that is the next thing to work on.
> 
>> 
>> 
>> root@mininet-vm:/home/mininet/integration/test/csit/suites/openflowplu
>> gin/Clustering_Bulkomatic# pybot -L TRACE  -v MININET_USER:mininet -v 
>> USER_HOME:/home/mininet -v CONTROLLER:10.183.181.51 -v 
>> CONTROLLER1:10.183.181.52 -v CONTROLLER2:10.183.181.53 -v USER:root -v 
>> PASSWORD:rootroot -v WORKSPACE:/home/mininet -v 
>> BUNDLEFOLDER:/controller-Be/deploy/current/odl -v 
>> DEFAULT_LINUX_PROMPT:\#  -v NUM_ODL_SYSTEM:3 -v 
>> MININET_PASSWORD:rootroot -v 
>> OVS_SWITCH_FILE:Multi_Switch_Medium_Config.py 
>> 150K__Cluster_Reconcilliation_Multi_DPN.robot
>> ======================================================================
>> ======== Cluster Reconcilliation Multi DPN :: Test suite for Cluster 
>> with Bulk Flows...
>> ======================================================================
>> ======== Check Shards Status And Initialize Variables :: Check Status 
>> for a... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Get Inventory Follower Before Cluster Restart :: Find a 
>> follower i... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Start Mininet Connect To Follower Node1 :: Start mininet with 
>> conn... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Add Bulk Flow From Follower :: 10000 Flows (10K per DPN) in 
>> 15 DPN... | PASS |
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Verify Flows In Switch :: Verify 150K flows are installed.            | PASS 
>> |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Stop Mininet Connected To Follower Node1 and Exit :: Stop 
>> mininet ... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Delete All Flows From Follower Node1 :: 150000 Flows deleted 
>> via F... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Cluster Reconcilliation Multi DPN :: Test suite for Cluster 
>> with B... | PASS |
>> 7 critical tests, 7 passed, 0 failed
>> 7 tests total, 7 passed, 0 failed
>> ======================================================================
>> ========
>> 
>> 
>> root@mininet-vm:/home/mininet/integration/test/csit/suites/openflowplu
>> gin/Clustering_Bulkomatic# pybot -L TRACE  -v MININET_USER:mininet -v 
>> USER_HOME:/home/mininet -v CONTROLLER:10.183.181.51 -v 
>> CONTROLLER1:10.183.181.52 -v CONTROLLER2:10.183.181.53 -v USER:root -v 
>> PASSWORD:rootroot -v WORKSPACE:/home/mininet -v 
>> BUNDLEFOLDER:/controller-Be/deploy/current/odl -v 
>> DEFAULT_LINUX_PROMPT:\#  -v NUM_ODL_SYSTEM:3 -v 
>> MININET_PASSWORD:rootroot -v 
>> OVS_SWITCH_FILE:Multi_11Switch_Medium_Config.py 
>> 330K__Cluster_Reconcilliation_Multi_DPN.robot
>> ======================================================================
>> ======== Cluster Reconcilliation Multi DPN :: Test suite for Cluster 
>> with Bulk Flows...
>> ======================================================================
>> ======== Check Shards Status And Initialize Variables :: Check Status 
>> for a... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Get Inventory Follower Before Cluster Restart :: Find a 
>> follower i... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Start Mininet Connect To Follower Node1 :: Start mininet with 
>> conn... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Add Bulk Flow From Follower :: 10000 Flows (10K per DPN) in 
>> 33 DPN... | PASS |
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Verify Flows In Switch :: Verify 330K flows are installed.            | PASS 
>> |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Stop Mininet Connected To Follower Node1 and Exit :: Stop 
>> mininet ... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Delete All Flows From Follower Node1 :: 330000 Flows deleted 
>> via F... | PASS |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------- Cluster Reconcilliation Multi DPN :: Test suite for Cluster 
>> with B... | PASS |
>> 7 critical tests, 7 passed, 0 failed
>> 7 tests total, 7 passed, 0 failed
>> ======================================================================
>> ========
>> Output:  
>> /home/mininet/integration/test/csit/suites/openflowplugin/Clustering_Bulkomatic/output.xml
>> Log:     
>> /home/mininet/integration/test/csit/suites/openflowplugin/Clustering_Bulkomatic/log.html
>> Report:  
>> /home/mininet/integration/test/csit/suites/openflowplugin/Clustering_B
>> ulkomatic/report.html 
>> root@mininet-vm:/home/mininet/integration/test/csit/suites/openflowplu
>> gin/Clustering_Bulkomatic#
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Sanjib
>> 
>> From: Luis Gomez [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: 28 July 2016 05:17
>> To: Abhijit Kumbhare
>> Cc: [email protected]; openflowplugin-dev; Jin 
>> Gan; Sanjib Mohapatra
>> Subject: Re: [integration-dev] OpenFlow tests for next ODL perf paper
>> 
>> Hi Abhijit,
>> 
>> We can definitely leverage any automation your team will prepare to test all 
>> the combinations below, but just to be clear the ODL perf paper we will only 
>> include out-of-the-box Boron release.
>> 
>> BR/Luis
>> 
>> On Jul 27, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Abhijit Kumbhare <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Luis,
>> 
>> I was discussing with our OpenFlow team (Manohar/Muthu/Shuva/Vinayak) today 
>> about the tests - and one of the things which would be very interesting 
>> would be the bulk-o-matic with small/medium/large configs (same as your test 
>> 2) and the following combinations:
>> 
>> 1. Lithium design + the old FRM
>> 2. Lithium design + the new FRM => are there improvements?
>> 3. He design => bulk-o-matic may not have been used for the He/Li
>> 
>> They were also planning to discuss this with Sanjib in their daytime today 
>> if this has been already done.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Abhijit
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Luis Gomez <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I got the action point from last S3P call to start some discussion around 
>> OpenFlow tests we can do for next ODL perf paper (Boron).
>> 
>> I am not sure we will have time for all the below but ideally I was thinking 
>> in 4 tests:
>> 
>> 1) REST programming performance:
>> 
>> - Goal: Measure OF programming rate using NB REST interface
>> - Methodology: Use test REST scripts (flows in datastore) to program 100K 
>> flows on an OF network of different size: 16-32-64-128 switches, etc...
>> - Test variations: Use single flow/REST request and multiple flows/REST 
>> (bulk) request.
>> - Collected data: controller programming time (from first to last flow) from 
>> REST script, switch programming time (from first to last flow) polling the 
>> OVS, flow confirmation delay (time after T1) polling the operational DS.
>> 
>> 2) Java programming performance:
>> 
>> - Goal: Measure OF programming rate using internal Java interface
>> - Methodology: Use bluk-o-matic application (flows in datastore or rpc) to 
>> program 100K flows on an OF network of different size: 16-32-64-128 
>> switches, etc...
>> - Test variations: Use single flow/REST request and multiple flows/REST 
>> (bulk) request.
>> - Collected data: controller programming time (from first to last flow) from 
>> bulk-o-matic, switch programming time (from first to last flow) polling the 
>> OVS, flow confirmation delay (time after T1) polling the operational DS.
>> 
>> 3) Network message processing latency:
>> 
>> - Goal: Measure OF packet message processing time
>> - Methodology: Use some OF public tool (Cbench, MT-Cbench, SDN-blaster) to 
>> generate OF packets and measure the delay (latency mode) of the received 
>> controller flows on an OF network of different size: 16-32-64-128 switches, 
>> etc...
>> - Test variations: Use controller drop-test application in DS and RPC mode.
>> - Collected data: packet processing rate (latency=1/rate)
>> 
>> 4) Topology scalability:
>> 
>> - Goal: Scale OF network and measure learning time.
>> - Methodology: Use some OF public tool (Mininet, Multinet) to generate 
>> different sizes of large topologies: 1000, 2000, 3000 switches, etc...
>> - Collected data: Time for the controller to learn about the topology.
>> 
>> In addition the same tests (or a subset) should run in a cluster environment 
>> (3 node cluster).
>> 
>> The main problem we have today for running and automating the above is 
>> people resources, so far Jin and Sanjib offered to help but more help would 
>> be appreciated.
>> 
>> BR/Luis
>> 
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