I thought folks on the SIPp mailing list doing SIP performance testing
might be interested in a developing industry-standard SIP benchmark.
The Systems Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) provides a
number of server benchmarks (e.g., SPECWeb, SPECJAppServer, SPEC CPU)
and has a SIP subcommittee charged with developing a SIP benchmark.
The benchmark is currently being developed and is approaching beta-
quality status. It is based on SIPp configured using a model of
user and device behavior and coordinated using Sun's FABAN harness.
Many of the enhancements Charles Wright has made to SIPp have been
in support of the benchmark. We expect a release by the end of 2008.
The benchmark design document is available for review at
http://www.spec.org/specsip
The design document is a result of a collaborative, consensus effort
with participation from AMD, BEA, Columbia University, Communigate
Systems, HP, Intel, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. There is also a design
FAQ to answer common questions.
I'm making this announcement for two reasons:
- To solicit feedback about the design document. Most of our members
are on the server side rather than ISP or NEP side, and getting
additional perspective would of course help.
- To encourage participation in the SPEC SIP SubCommittee. There's
still plenty of opportunity to influence the benchmark and help in
the development, testing, and documentation.
While participating in SPEC does cost money, we can allow temporary
participation on a trial basis in the SubCommittee so that people can
test it out and see if they want to pursue it. There is also a free
beta trial process where you can get the beta code for free to help
test it out.
We have weekly calls on Thursdays at 10:00 AM Pacific. We can also
schedule an extra call if there is enough demand. You can find out more
about SPEC membership at
http://www.spec.org/spec/membership.html
Please contact me if interested. I'll also try to respond to any comments
about the design document posted on the mailing list.
Thanks,
-Erich
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Erich M. Nahum IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Research Staff Member P.O. Box 704
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yorktown Heights NY 10598
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