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

[Jill Lovato]

Hi Lincoln,

Thanks for the update. We'll plan to post the blog Monday afternoon or
Tuesday morning.

Have a great weekend,
Jill

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 6:49 PM Lincoln Lavoie <lylavoie at iol.unh.edu> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> 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.
>
> Cheers,
> Lincoln
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 9:29 PM Tu, Lijuan <lijuan.tu at intel.com> wrote:
>
>> Agree, I would like to see some photos of the lab.
>> Should we add a brief introduction of contributors, this may attract more
>> companies or individual to contribute to the lab.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ci [mailto:ci-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of O'Driscoll, Tim
>> > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 6:14 AM
>> > To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>; Jeremy Plsek
>> > <jplsek at iol.unh.edu>
>> > Cc: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; ci at dpdk.org;
>> > marketing at dpdk.org; Lincoln Lavoie <lylavoie at iol.unh.edu>; Patrick
>> > MacArthur <pmacarth at iol.unh.edu>
>> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-ci] [dpdk-marketing] Results are now public
>> >
>> > 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 at dpdk.org to let
>> > people know about it.
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas at monjalon.net]
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 10:17 PM
>> > > To: Jeremy Plsek <jplsek at iol.unh.edu>
>> > > Cc: O'Driscoll, Tim <tim.odriscoll at intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh
>> > > <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; ci at dpdk.org; marketing at dpdk.org; Lincoln
>> > > Lavoie <lylavoie at iol.unh.edu>; Patrick MacArthur
>> > > <pmacarth at 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 at dpdk.org and dpdklab at iol.unh.edu.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks!
>> > > >
>> > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 10:03 AM Jeremy Plsek <jplsek at 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 at intel.com wrote:
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > >> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas at monjalon.net]
>> > > > >> > Sent: Friday, November 9, 2018 2:02 PM
>> > > > >> > To: O'Driscoll, Tim <tim.odriscoll at intel.com>
>> > > > >> > Cc: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; Jeremy Plsek
>> > > > >> > <jplsek at iol.unh.edu>; ci at dpdk.org; marketing at 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 at 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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>
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