perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Christopher A Konger <>]

That  DualInterface page was geared to those wanting to deploy separate 1G 
and 10G interfaces (where the file "ten-g-hosts.txt" specified which 
connections should go through the 10G NIC).  And the FAQ always had the 
disclaimer about testing from the dually-connected host and difficulty of 
specifying which interface to use (i.e., 
"/opt/perfsonar_ps/toolkit/etc/discover_external_address.conf")

I heard rumors (which may or not be true)  there was exploration of splitting 
throughput and latency processes onto two separate NICs in the same machine 
(a different type of Dual Interface deployment which really isn't covered in 
the FAQ).

Is that what the new RC build supports?

If not, apparently an uber-scheduler is being tested which may avoid 
overlapped throughput/latency tests interfering with each other. That might 
allow the same goal (I know some Institutions which are only able to deploy a 
single node at current time, but want it to support both types of tests 
without overlap).

Thanks for the additional clarification about the new RC build!

Chris Konger

Clemson Computing and Information Technology
Network Services and Telecommunications
Clemson University, SC 29634-2803
Office: 864-656-8140

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Subject: Re: [perf-node-users] Re: [perfsonar-user] Configuring perfSONAR 
Toolkit on a multi-homed system

On 3/12/14 9:38 AM, Aaron Brown wrote:
> Hey John,
> 
> If you’d like to try out a beta version of the Toolkit that lets you
> configure the interfaces for tests, I can point you at a NetInstall
> for an -rc release of the next Toolkit version.

Aaron,

Yes, I would like to try the RC build. Thank you.

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Information Systems and Computing
University of Pennsylvania

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