[cadynce] On being able to pace periodic application strings... (Comparing Linux 2.6.9 and 2.6.20-rt8)

[Adam Porter]

Hi Gautam,

	We want to start looking at capturing data from the nodes (actual  
utilization, arrival rates, etc.)
Let me look into what data we can easily capture to confirm the  
arrival rates.

Adam


On May 11, 2007, at 9:48 AM, Gautam Thaker wrote:

> James Hill wrote:
>> Hey Gautam,
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cadynce-bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu [mailto:cadynce- 
>>> bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] On Behalf Of Gautam Thaker
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:34 PM
>>> To: cadynce at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
>>> Subject: [cadynce] On being able to pace periodic application  
>>> strings... (Comparing Linux 2.6.9 and 2.6.20-rt8)
>>>
>>> Hi Adam, Raytheon and James, (and others):
>>>
>>> One thing you may want to be careful of is how you actual subject  
>>> the application strings to the update rates that you want.
>> Maybe I missed something, but who said we are makin changes to the
>> workloads??
>> Thanks,
>> James
> HI James:
>
> Sorry for any confusion, by "update rates" I did not mean "change  
> rates that we have been using", but simply I meant the "arrival  
> rate" ( in msgs/sec) that is listed in the workload description.  
> What I am suggesting is that you may want to carefully measure if  
> indeed you are getting the arrival rate these workloads are asking  
> for since having accurate arrival rates will let you have  
> confidence  is what gets measured.
>
> Hope I am a bit more clear this time.
>
> Gautam
>