perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

["Roderick Mooi" <>]

Hi Aaron

1. Does this mean that bwping support isn't included in 3.4 yet?

2. Is it possible to utilise bwping via the mesh config?

Thanks,

Roderick

>>> On 2014-11-06 at 16:04, Aaron Brown 
>>> <>
>>>  wrote:
> Hey Pete,
> 
> On Nov 5, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Pete Siemsen 
> <<mailto:>>
>  wrote:
> 
> perfSONAR 3.4 supports hosts with 2 network interfaces in such a way
that 
> you can run bandwidth tests on one interface and latency tests on the
other, 
> without conflict. Cool.
> 
> A buddy attended the recent Technology Exchange conference, where he
heard 
> that 3.4 will schedule tests in sequence, so that you don't have to
worry 
> about conflicts even if your host has just one interface.
> 
> The online docs for 3.4.1 still recommend using separate interfaces
or 
> hosts. So I think 3.4 doesn't solve the conflicting bandwidth/latency
issue.
> 
> Correct?
> 
> Right now, the web GUI configuration only supports doing the separate

> interfaces, not co-scheduling. However, you can manually configure
the tests 
> to support co-scheduling the two, though, that’s been less well
tested, and 
> would be a bit less accurate. If you’d like to try that out, I can
put 
> together some documentation.
> 
> Cheers,
> Aaron
> 
> 
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