perfsonar development work

[Roman Lapacz <>]

Jason Zurawski wrote:
> > > > The schema does not have 'throughput' or  'jitter' elements.
> > >
> > >
> > > Corrected in my doc and the iperf schema in the main pS repo.  
> > > Jitter *should* have been there since this is reported by iperf UDP 
> > > tests.
> > >
> > > Throughput is more descriptive than 'value' in my opinion (since 
> > > there are many 'values' that can be returned by an iperf test).  I 
> > > have added throughput to the schema but kept value for now in case 
> > > VV or anyone else has a use for it.
> > >
> > > I think we should talk about deprecating the attribute or perhaps 
> > > allowing it to stay with a use that will vary by service (I would 
> > > prefer the latter).
> >
> > Jason,
> >
> > what about packet loss and fields containing units names (I 
> > understand we consider iperf default units but maybe it's better to 
> > clearly include them in the schema). Example:
> >
> > IperfDatum =
> >        element iperf:datum {
> >                attribute throughput { xsd:string }? &
> >                attribute throughputUnits { xsd:string }? &       
> >                attribute jitter { xsd:string }? &
> >                attribute jitterUnits { xsd:string }? &       
> >                attribute loss { xsd:string }? &
> >                attribute interval { xsd:string }? &                
> >                attribute intervalUnits { xsd:string }? 
> > &                               (
> >                        (
> >                                attribute timeType { xsd:string } &
> >                                attribute timeValue { xsd:string }
> >                        ) |
> >                        Time
> >                )?                             }
> >
> >
> > Roman
>
>
> You didn't mention loss earlier, but yes this should be there too.  I 
> will add it.

I just took a look at an example of iperf output :)

> I have no problem adding the 'units' fields, but lets let everyone 
> weigh in.

OK. Verena, Jeff what's your opinions on this?

Roman