<div dir="ltr">Hi Lincoln,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the update. We'll plan to post the blog Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. </div><div><br></div><div>Have a great weekend,</div><div>Jill</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 6:49 PM Lincoln Lavoie <<a href="mailto:lylavoie@iol.unh.edu">lylavoie@iol.unh.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Mara our marketing lead is out for a vacation this week. She's the keeper of all the good / approved pictures of the lab. Should be able to get you something early next week.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Cheers,<br>Lincoln</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 9:29 PM Tu, Lijuan <<a href="mailto:lijuan.tu@intel.com" target="_blank">lijuan.tu@intel.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Agree, I would like to see some photos of the lab.<br>
Should we add a brief introduction of contributors, this may attract more companies or individual to contribute to the lab.<br>
<br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: ci [mailto:<a href="mailto:ci-bounces@dpdk.org" target="_blank">ci-bounces@dpdk.org</a>] On Behalf Of O'Driscoll, Tim<br>
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 6:14 AM<br>
> To: Thomas Monjalon <<a href="mailto:thomas@monjalon.net" target="_blank">thomas@monjalon.net</a>>; Jeremy Plsek<br>
> <<a href="mailto:jplsek@iol.unh.edu" target="_blank">jplsek@iol.unh.edu</a>><br>
> Cc: Yigit, Ferruh <<a href="mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com" target="_blank">ferruh.yigit@intel.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:ci@dpdk.org" target="_blank">ci@dpdk.org</a>;<br>
> <a href="mailto:marketing@dpdk.org" target="_blank">marketing@dpdk.org</a>; Lincoln Lavoie <<a href="mailto:lylavoie@iol.unh.edu" target="_blank">lylavoie@iol.unh.edu</a>>; Patrick<br>
> MacArthur <<a href="mailto:pmacarth@iol.unh.edu" target="_blank">pmacarth@iol.unh.edu</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-ci] [dpdk-marketing] Results are now public<br>
> <br>
> This looks good to me too. Some pictures would be nice, perhaps a snapshot<br>
> of the dashboard some of the hardware in the lab. It would be good to get<br>
> this posted on <a href="http://dpdk.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">dpdk.org</a>, and send a note to <a href="mailto:announce@dpdk.org" target="_blank">announce@dpdk.org</a> to let<br>
> people know about it.<br>
> <br>
> > -----Original Message-----<br>
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:<a href="mailto:thomas@monjalon.net" target="_blank">thomas@monjalon.net</a>]<br>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 10:17 PM<br>
> > To: Jeremy Plsek <<a href="mailto:jplsek@iol.unh.edu" target="_blank">jplsek@iol.unh.edu</a>><br>
> > Cc: O'Driscoll, Tim <<a href="mailto:tim.odriscoll@intel.com" target="_blank">tim.odriscoll@intel.com</a>>; Yigit, Ferruh<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com" target="_blank">ferruh.yigit@intel.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:ci@dpdk.org" target="_blank">ci@dpdk.org</a>; <a href="mailto:marketing@dpdk.org" target="_blank">marketing@dpdk.org</a>; Lincoln<br>
> > Lavoie <<a href="mailto:lylavoie@iol.unh.edu" target="_blank">lylavoie@iol.unh.edu</a>>; Patrick MacArthur<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:pmacarth@iol.unh.edu" target="_blank">pmacarth@iol.unh.edu</a>><br>
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-marketing] [dpdk-ci] Results are now public<br>
> ><br>
> > Looks great!<br>
> > I think adding pictures would be nice for the blog.<br>
> > Thank you<br>
> ><br>
> > 14/11/2018 22:07, Jeremy Plsek:<br>
> > > With help from Lincoln and Patrick, below is an initial draft of the<br>
> > blog post.<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > DPDK Community Lab Publishes Relative Performance Testing Results<br>
> > ><br>
> > > The DPDK Community Lab is an open, independent testing resource for<br>
> > > the DPDK project. Its purpose is to perform automated testing on<br>
> > > incoming patch submissions, to ensure the performance and quality of<br>
> > > DPDK is maintained. Participation in the lab is open to all DPDK<br>
> > > project participants.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > For some time now, the DPDK Community Lab has been gathering<br>
> > > performance deltas using the single-core packet I/O layer 2<br>
> > > throughput test from DTS for each patch series submitted to DPDK<br>
> > > compared to the master branch. We are pleased to announce that the<br>
> > > Lab has recently been allowed to make these results public. These<br>
> > > results are also now published to Patchwork as they are<br>
> > > automatically generated. These results currently contain Mellanox<br>
> > > and Intel devices, and the lab is able to support hardware from any<br>
> > > DPDK participants wishing to support these testing efforts.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > To view these results, you can go to DPDK Community Lab Dashboard<br>
> > > via the following link: <a href="https://lab.dpdk.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lab.dpdk.org</a>. The dashboard lists an<br>
> > > overview of all active patch series and their results. Detailed<br>
> > > results can be viewed by clicking on the patch series. If a patch<br>
> > > fails to merge into master, a build log will show to help identify<br>
> > > any issues. If a patch cleanly merges into master, performance delta<br>
> > > results will show for each participating member.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > The Lab is hosted by the University of New Hampshire<br>
> > > InterOperability Laboratory, as a neutral, third party location.<br>
> > > This provides a secure environment for hosting equipment and<br>
> > > generating unbiased results for all participating vendors. Lab<br>
> > > participants, i.e. companies hosting equipment in the testing, can<br>
> > > securely access their equipment through a VPN, allowing for<br>
> > > maintenance and performance tuning, as the DPDK project progresses.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > The Lab works by polling the Patchwork API. When new patches are<br>
> > > submitted, the CI server merges them with the master branch and<br>
> > > generates a tarball. Each participating system unpacks and installs<br>
> > > the DPDK tarball and then runs the performance testing against this<br>
> > > DPDK build. When all systems have finished testing, the CI gathers<br>
> > > the results into our internal database to be shown on the Dashboard,<br>
> > > and sends final reports to Patchwork to show up on the submitted patch.<br>
> > > This allows patch submitters to utilize Patchwork to view their<br>
> > > individual results, while also allowing anyone to quickly see an<br>
> > > overview of results on the Dashboard. The system provides<br>
> > > maintainers with positive confirmation of the stability and<br>
> > > performance of the overall project.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > In the future, we plan to open the Lab to more testing scenarios,<br>
> > > such as performance testing of other features, beyond single-core<br>
> > > packet I/O layer 2 throughput, and possibly running Unit Tests for DPDK.<br>
> > > Additional features will be added to the Dashboard, such as showing<br>
> > > graphs of the performance changes of master over time.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > If your company would like to be involved, email the Continuous<br>
> > > Integration group at <a href="mailto:ci@dpdk.org" target="_blank">ci@dpdk.org</a> and <a href="mailto:dpdklab@iol.unh.edu" target="_blank">dpdklab@iol.unh.edu</a>.<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > Thanks!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 10:03 AM Jeremy Plsek <<a href="mailto:jplsek@iol.unh.edu" target="_blank">jplsek@iol.unh.edu</a>><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > I can try to get it done later today, but I expect it to be more<br>
> > likely done on Monday.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 9:08 AM O'Driscoll, Tim<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:tim.odriscoll@intel.com" target="_blank">tim.odriscoll@intel.com</a> wrote:<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> > -----Original Message-----<br>
> > > >> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:<a href="mailto:thomas@monjalon.net" target="_blank">thomas@monjalon.net</a>]<br>
> > > >> > Sent: Friday, November 9, 2018 2:02 PM<br>
> > > >> > To: O'Driscoll, Tim <<a href="mailto:tim.odriscoll@intel.com" target="_blank">tim.odriscoll@intel.com</a>><br>
> > > >> > Cc: Yigit, Ferruh <<a href="mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com" target="_blank">ferruh.yigit@intel.com</a>>; Jeremy Plsek<br>
> > > >> > <<a href="mailto:jplsek@iol.unh.edu" target="_blank">jplsek@iol.unh.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:ci@dpdk.org" target="_blank">ci@dpdk.org</a>; <a href="mailto:marketing@dpdk.org" target="_blank">marketing@dpdk.org</a><br>
> > > >> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-marketing] [dpdk-ci] Results are now public<br>
> > > >> ><br>
> > > >> > 09/11/2018 14:58, O'Driscoll, Tim:<br>
> > > >> > > From: Thomas Monjalon<br>
> > > >> > > > 08/11/2018 14:01, Ferruh Yigit:<br>
> > > >> > > > > On 11/7/2018 7:30 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:<br>
> > > >> > > > > > 06/11/2018 16:33, Jeremy Plsek:<br>
> > > >> > > > > >> Hi all,<br>
> > > >> > > > > >><br>
> > > >> > > > > >> This is just an update that all detailed results are<br>
> > > >> > > > > >> now<br>
> > > >> > public.<br>
> > > >> > > > > >><br>
> > > >> > > > > >> If there is anything out of place, feel free to let me<br>
> > know!<br>
> > > >> > > > > ><br>
> > > >> > > > > > It is really nice!<br>
> > > >> > > > > > Thank you<br>
> > > >> > > > ><br>
> > > >> > > > > Should we announce this in 'announce' or 'dev' mail lists?<br>
> > Many<br>
> > > >> > people<br>
> > > >> > > > not aware<br>
> > > >> > > > > of this.<br>
> > > >> > > ><br>
> > > >> > > > It deserves an announce.<br>
> > > >> > > > And even a blog post I guess.<br>
> > > >> > > > +Cc marketing team<br>
> > > >> > ><br>
> > > >> > > Agreed. I can do a quick post to <a href="mailto:announce@dpdk.org" target="_blank">announce@dpdk.org</a>. I believe<br>
> > Jeremy<br>
> > > >> > is working on a blog post which can provide more detail.<br>
> > > >> ><br>
> > > >> > Should we wait to have a blog post and reference it in the<br>
> > announce?<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> Good question. I think it depends how long the blog will take. If<br>
> > we can do it fairly quickly, then this is a good idea. If it's going<br>
> > to take a few weeks, then we should announce it now.<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> Jeremy: When do you think the blog will be ready?<br>
> > > >><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > --<br>
> > > Jeremy Plsek<br>
> > > UNH InterOperability Laboratory<br>
> > ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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