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Date:      Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:01:04 -0600
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
To:        Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk>
Cc:        performance@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Performance Tracker project update
Message-ID:  <20080123200104.GB10711@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
In-Reply-To: <4796C717.9000507@cederstrand.dk>
References:  <4796C717.9000507@cederstrand.dk>

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On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 05:48:23AM +0100, Erik Cederstrand wrote:
> Hi
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> I'd like to send a small update on my progress on the Performance Tracker=
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> project.
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> I now have a small setup of a server and a slave chugging along, currentl=
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> collecting data. I'm following CURRENT and collecting results from=20
> super-smack and unixbench.
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> The project still needs some work, but there's a temporary web interface =
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> the data here: http://littlebit.dk:5000/plot/. Apart from the plotting it=
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> possible to compare two dates and see the files that have changed. Error=
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> bars are 3*standard deviation, for the points with multiple measurements.
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> Of interest is e.g. super-smack (select-key, 1 client) right when the=20
> GENERIC kernel was moved from the 4BSD to ULE scheduler on Oct. 19.=20
> Unixbench (arithmetic test, float) also has a significant jump on Oct. 3.
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> There setup of the slave is documented roughly on the page but I'll be=20
> writing a full report and documentation over the next month.

Nice work so far!  It's neat that you've already been able to spot changes.

A couple suggestions for the graphs.  It would be nice if the graphs had an
arrow indicating the "good" direction (i.e. which direction of movement is =
an
improvement).  Also, a graph of the derivative of the curve might be
interesting for at a glance trending.

-- Brooks

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