Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:25:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk> Cc: performance@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Performance Tracker project update Message-ID: <20080123202433.E63024@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <4797A245.7080202@cederstrand.dk> References: <4796C717.9000507@cederstrand.dk> <20080123193400.N63024@fledge.watson.org> <4797A245.7080202@cederstrand.dk>
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Erik Cederstrand wrote: > Robert Watson wrote: >> >> This looks really exciting! >> >> Do you plan to add a way so that people can submit performance data? >> I.e., if I set up my own test box and want to submit a result once a week >> for that, will there be a way for me to get set up with a >> username/password, submit configuration information, and then automatically >> submit test result datapoints? Especially if I can specify both the X and >> Y coordinates so that I can backdate results should I go back and generate >> test results for old kernels? > > The website and benchmarking slave talk to a PostgreSQL database. It's > definitely possible and part of the design to have multiple computers > participating in a distributed fashion, although it's also possible to run > the setup locally and privately for more ad-hoc testing purposes. Sounds good. > I think it's best if participating machines supply data regularly for an > extended period of time. Single or infrequent data points for a specific > configuration don't make much sense. We need to compare apples to apples. Yes -- I was mostly thinking about backdating in order to play "catchup" when a new benchmark is introduced. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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