Re: [dpdk-ci] [dpdk-marketing] Results are now public

["O'Driscoll, Tim" <tim.odriscoll@intel.com>]

This looks good to me too. Some pictures would be nice, perhaps a snapshot of the dashboard some of the hardware in the lab. It would be good to get this posted on dpdk.org, and send a note to announce@dpdk.org to let people know about it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 10:17 PM
> To: Jeremy Plsek <jplsek@iol.unh.edu>
> Cc: O'Driscoll, Tim <tim.odriscoll@intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh
> <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; ci@dpdk.org; marketing@dpdk.org; Lincoln
> Lavoie <lylavoie@iol.unh.edu>; Patrick MacArthur <pmacarth@iol.unh.edu>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-marketing] [dpdk-ci] Results are now public
> 
> Looks great!
> I think adding pictures would be nice for the blog.
> Thank you
> 
> 14/11/2018 22:07, Jeremy Plsek:
> > With help from Lincoln and Patrick, below is an initial draft of the
> blog post.
> >
> >
> >
> > DPDK Community Lab Publishes Relative Performance Testing Results
> >
> > The DPDK Community Lab is an open, independent testing resource for
> > the DPDK project. Its purpose is to perform automated testing on
> > incoming patch submissions, to ensure the performance and quality of
> > DPDK is maintained. Participation in the lab is open to all DPDK
> > project participants.
> >
> > For some time now, the DPDK Community Lab has been gathering
> > performance deltas using the single-core packet I/O layer 2 throughput
> > test from DTS for each patch series submitted to DPDK compared to the
> > master branch. We are pleased to announce that the Lab has recently
> > been allowed to make these results public. These results are also now
> > published to Patchwork as they are automatically generated. These
> > results currently contain Mellanox and Intel devices, and the lab is
> > able to support hardware from any DPDK participants wishing to support
> > these testing efforts.
> >
> > To view these results, you can go to DPDK Community Lab Dashboard via
> > the following link: https://lab.dpdk.org. The dashboard lists an
> > overview of all active patch series and their results. Detailed
> > results can be viewed by clicking on the patch series. If a patch
> > fails to merge into master, a build log will show to help identify any
> > issues. If a patch cleanly merges into master, performance delta
> > results will show for each participating member.
> >
> > The Lab is hosted by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability
> > Laboratory, as a neutral, third party location. This provides a secure
> > environment for hosting equipment and generating unbiased results for
> > all participating vendors. Lab participants, i.e. companies hosting
> > equipment in the testing, can securely access their equipment through
> > a VPN, allowing for maintenance and performance tuning, as the DPDK
> > project progresses.
> >
> > The Lab works by polling the Patchwork API. When new patches are
> > submitted, the CI server merges them with the master branch and
> > generates a tarball. Each participating system unpacks and installs
> > the DPDK tarball and then runs the performance testing against this
> > DPDK build. When all systems have finished testing, the CI gathers the
> > results into our internal database to be shown on the Dashboard, and
> > sends final reports to Patchwork to show up on the submitted patch.
> > This allows patch submitters to utilize Patchwork to view their
> > individual results, while also allowing anyone to quickly see an
> > overview of results on the Dashboard. The system provides maintainers
> > with positive confirmation of the stability and performance of the
> > overall project.
> >
> > In the future, we plan to open the Lab to more testing scenarios, such
> > as performance testing of other features, beyond single-core packet
> > I/O layer 2 throughput, and possibly running Unit Tests for DPDK.
> > Additional features will be added to the Dashboard, such as showing
> > graphs of the performance changes of master over time.
> >
> > If your company would like to be involved, email the Continuous
> > Integration group at ci@dpdk.org and dpdklab@iol.unh.edu.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 10:03 AM Jeremy Plsek <jplsek@iol.unh.edu>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I can try to get it done later today, but I expect it to be more
> likely done on Monday.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 9:08 AM O'Driscoll, Tim
> <tim.odriscoll@intel.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > -----Original Message-----
> > >> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> > >> > Sent: Friday, November 9, 2018 2:02 PM
> > >> > To: O'Driscoll, Tim <tim.odriscoll@intel.com>
> > >> > Cc: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; Jeremy Plsek
> > >> > <jplsek@iol.unh.edu>; ci@dpdk.org; marketing@dpdk.org
> > >> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-marketing] [dpdk-ci] Results are now public
> > >> >
> > >> > 09/11/2018 14:58, O'Driscoll, Tim:
> > >> > > From: Thomas Monjalon
> > >> > > > 08/11/2018 14:01, Ferruh Yigit:
> > >> > > > > On 11/7/2018 7:30 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > >> > > > > > 06/11/2018 16:33, Jeremy Plsek:
> > >> > > > > >> Hi all,
> > >> > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > >> This is just an update that all detailed results are now
> > >> > public.
> > >> > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > >> If there is anything out of place, feel free to let me
> know!
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > It is really nice!
> > >> > > > > > Thank you
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Should we announce this in 'announce' or 'dev' mail lists?
> Many
> > >> > people
> > >> > > > not aware
> > >> > > > > of this.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > It deserves an announce.
> > >> > > > And even a blog post I guess.
> > >> > > > +Cc marketing team
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Agreed. I can do a quick post to announce@dpdk.org. I believe
> Jeremy
> > >> > is working on a blog post which can provide more detail.
> > >> >
> > >> > Should we wait to have a blog post and reference it in the
> announce?
> > >>
> > >> Good question. I think it depends how long the blog will take. If
> we can do it fairly quickly, then this is a good idea. If it's going to
> take a few weeks, then we should announce it now.
> > >>
> > >> Jeremy: When do you think the blog will be ready?
> > >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jeremy Plsek
> > UNH InterOperability Laboratory
> >
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