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Test 5: Throughput - 127 streams, 1MB send buffer
Example result:
Interpreting the results:
v The test ran for 126.1 seconds, transferred 8.08 GB, with an average throughput
v TCP takes a while to reach its maximal throughput. Longer testing times, 300
v The throughput value given by this test is the potential physical replication
v The Mbits/sec reported in this test is the maximum replication performance
Test 6: TCP Retransmissions vs. Total TCP segments sent
Example result:
Interpreting the results:
v A total of 1619061 TCP segments were sent during the five tests, out of which,
v The retransmission rate imposes a direct penalty on the throughput, as the
v Segment loss can be caused by each of the network layers.
v TCP retransmission larger than 2% may cause performance degradation and
What to do next
You may want to run these tests again to test the reverse throughput in the
network. To run the tests in reverse, change server1 to the client and server2 to the
server and repeat the procedures.
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*** Throughput - 127 TCP stream(s), 1MB send buffer
[SUM] 0.0-126.1 sec 8.08 GBytes
of 550 Mbits/sec.
seconds or more, will produce more accurate results.
throughput for this system. It is directly affected by the available bandwidth,
latency, packet loss and retransmission rate.
your system may achieve. If this number islower than anticipated, contact your
network administrator.
Number of TCP segments sent: 1619061
Number of TCP retransmissions detected: 201038 (12%)
201038 were lost and retransmitted.
retransmission of these packets take up bandwidth. The retransmission can be
caused by the underlying network (e.g. packet dropping by an overflowed
router) or by the TCP layer itself (e.g. retransmission due to packet reordering).
unstable network connectivity. Contact your network administrator to resolve
this issue and reduce it to approximately 0%.
550 Mbits/sec