Changes between Version 41 and Version 42 of PerformanceTesting


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Timestamp:
08/26/15 06:56:32 (9 years ago)
Author:
Samuli Seppänen
Comment:

Added some notes based on recent openvpn-user list discussions

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  • PerformanceTesting

    v41 v42  
    190190In environments that are not isolated (e.g. Amazon EC2) the same tests need to be run twice or more to see if external factors affect the results noticeably.
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     192''"It is important to use the iperf results from the *receiving* end, which is the side where you start the server (iperf -s) . The numbers from the sending party are not particularly reliable, they tend to fluctuate much more, esp over UDP. This makes some sense, as the sending party spits out packets at a particular rate and it does not care whether they arrive or not. This will skew the results slightly."'' ([http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.user/36079/focus=36099 source])
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    192194== Amazon EC2 ==
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