2. How to read this report
Every performance measurement carries a limited_by field recording what ran
out first. Without it a reader cannot tell a product measurement from a
measurement of our test rig.
limited_by |
Means | Treat as a product figure? |
|---|---|---|
bng |
The platform was the constraint | Yes |
generator |
Our load generators ran out first | It depends — see below |
rss |
Receive-side distribution capped it | No — RSS is the limit |
none |
Neither side saturated | No — a latency or shape result |
controller |
The controller was the constraint | Yes, but name the component |
serial-by-design |
One operation in flight on purpose | No — latency, not throughput |
A generator label alone is not enough to judge a forwarding cell, because it
covers two different situations. If the generators had the link essentially full
and the box forwarded everything with zero loss, that is a wire-speed result
and a legitimate product figure. If the generators never filled the link, the
cell is a floor that understates the platform. The forwarding matrix in §5.7
separates these explicitly and this report never promotes a floor into a claim.
Two further conventions used throughout:
offered_headroom > 1means work arrived faster than the box drained it,
so the measured rate is the box's own. Below 1, the figure measures our
request rather than the platform.completion_rateis preferred overmean_rate. Mean rate divides by
wall clock including ramp, and understates the platform.
A skip is not a pass. Each of the four is named in §6.2 with its reason.