Name: draft-newman-hash-stuffing-00
Title: Hash and Stuffing: Overlooked Factors in Network Device Benchmarking
State: Active
Authors: David Newman
Group: Individual Submissions (none)
Date: 2004-07-14
Test engineers take pains to declare all factors that affect a given
measurement, including offered load, packet length, test duration, and
traffic orientation. However, current benchmarking practice overlooks two
factors that have a profound impact on test results. First, existing
methodologies do not require the reporting of addresses or other test
traffic contents, even though these fields can affect test results. Second,
technologies add significant and variable overhead, which in turn affects
test results. This document describes the effects of these factors;
recommends guidelines for test traffic contents; and offers formulas for
determining the probability of bit- and byte-stuffing in test traffic.
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