Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of PlasticSlices/Experiments

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05/16/11 16:18:09 (13 years ago)

Author:

Josh Smift

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PlasticSlices/Experiments

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+This page describes the procedure for setting up, running, and cleaning up each of the experiments that we're running for the [wiki:PlasticSlices Plastic Slices] project.
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+In each experiment, it assumes you've already created your slice and all of its slivers, and divided your compute resources into ''clients'' and ''servers''.
+
+= !GigaPing =
+
+This experiment uses the 'ping' command to send 1 GB of data via ICMP.
+
+== Setup ==
+
+Divide the hosts that you want to use into pairs. The client is the one that you'll run the 'ping' command on; the server is the one that you'll ping from the client.
+
+Identify the precise IP address on each server that you'll want to ping. Make a table to keep track of which server you'll want to ping from each client, e.g.
+
+|| ''client''              || ''server address''   ||
+|| ganel.gpolab.bbn.com    || server=10.42.101.104 ||
+|| of-planet1.stanford.edu || server=10.42.101.73  ||
+
+You'll use the "server=<ipaddr>" parts when you go to execute the experiment.
+
+To send 1 GB of data, you'll need to send a total of 666,667 1.5 KB packets. Rounding up for simplicity, divide 700,000 by the number of host pairs you have; call this number <count>, and use it below when you run the 'ping' commands.
+
+== Execution ==
+
+On each client, run
+
+{{{
+server=<ipaddr>
+count=<count>
+sudo ping -i .001 -s $((1500-8-20)) -c $count $server
+}}}
+
+using the "server=<ipaddr>" line from your table, and the <count> value you calculated earlier.
+
+That should print many lines on your terminal that look like
+
+{{{
+1480 bytes from <ipaddr>: icmp_seq=44 ttl=64 time=135 ms
+1480 bytes from <ipaddr>: icmp_seq=49 ttl=64 time=87.7 ms
+1480 bytes from <ipaddr>: icmp_seq=50 ttl=64 time=77.9 ms
+}}}
+
+and then finish with a section that looks like
+
+{{{
+--- <ipaddr> ping statistics ---
+<count> packets transmitted, <count> received, 0% packet loss, time 5229ms
+rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 59.376/70.448/522.011/57.578 ms, pipe 55
+}}}
+
+Copy that final block for your results.
+
+== Cleanup ==
+
+No special cleanup is needed.
+
+= !GigaNetcat =
+
+This experiment uses the 'netcat' command to send 1 GB of data via unencrypted TCP.
+
+= !GigaWeb =
+
+This experiment uses the HTTPS protocol to send 1 GB of data via encrypted TCP.
+
+= GigaPerfTCP =
+
+This experiment uses the iperf command to send 1 GB of data via TCP, measuring performance throughout the transfer.
+
+= GigaPerfUDP =
+
+This experiment uses the iperf command to send 1 GB of data via UDP, measuring performance throughout the transfer.