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Network Working Group                                       M. LambertRequest for Comments: 1030      M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science                                                         November 1987On Testing the NETBLT Protocol over Divers NetworksSTATUS OF THIS MEMO   This RFC describes the results gathered from testing NETBLT over   three networks of differing bandwidths and round-trip delays.  While   the results are not complete, the information gathered so far has   been very promising and supportsRFC-998's assertion that that NETBLT   can provide very high throughput over networks with very different   characteristics.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.1. Introduction   NETBLT (NETwork BLock Transfer) is a transport level protocol   intended for the rapid transfer of a large quantity of data between   computers.  It provides a transfer that is reliable and flow   controlled, and is designed to provide maximum throughput over a wide   variety of networks.  The NETBLT protocol is specified inRFC-998;   this document assumes an understanding of the specification as   described inRFC-998.   Tests over three different networks are described in this document.   The first network, a 10 megabit-per-second Proteon Token Ring, served   as a "reference environment" to determine NETBLT's best possible   performance.  The second network, a 10 megabit-per-second Ethernet,   served as an access path to the third network, the 3 megabit-per-   second Wideband satellite network.  Determining NETBLT's performance   over the Ethernet allowed us to account for Ethernet-caused behaviour   in NETBLT transfers that used the Wideband network.  Test results for   each network are described in separate sections.  The final section   presents some conclusions and further directions of research.  The   document's appendices list test results in detail.2. Acknowledgements   Many thanks are due Bob Braden, Stephen Casner, and Annette DeSchon   of ISI for the time they spent analyzing and commenting on test   results gathered at the ISI end of the NETBLT Wideband network tests.   Bob Braden was also responsible for porting the IBM PC/AT NETBLT   implementation to a SUN-3 workstation running UNIX.  Thanks are also   due Mike Brescia, Steven Storch, Claudio Topolcic and others at BBN   who provided much useful information about the Wideband network, andM. Lambert                                                      [Page 1]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987   helped monitor it during testing.3. Implementations and Test Programs   This section briefly describes the NETBLT implementations and test   programs used in the testing.  Currently, NETBLT runs on three   machine types: Symbolics LISP machines, IBM PC/ATs, and SUN-3s.  The   test results described in this paper were gathered using the IBM   PC/AT and SUN-3 NETBLT implementations.  The IBM and SUN   implementations are very similar; most differences lie in timer and   multi-tasking library implementations.  The SUN NETBLT implementation   uses UNIX's user-accessible raw IP socket; it is not implemented in   the UNIX kernel.   The test application performs a simple memory-to-memory transfer of   an arbitrary amount of data.  All data are actually allocated by the   application, given to the protocol layer, and copied into NETBLT   packets.  The results are therefore fairly realistic and, with   appropriately large amounts of buffering, could be attained by disk-   based applications as well.   The test application provides several parameters that can be varied   to alter NETBLT's performance characteristics.  The most important of   these parameters are:        burst interval  The number of milliseconds from the start of one                        burst transmission to the start of the next burst                        transmission.        burst size      The number of packets transmitted per burst.        buffer size     The number of bytes in a NETBLT buffer (all                        buffers must be the same size, save the last,                        which can be any size required to complete the                        transfer).        data packet size                        The number of bytes contained in a NETBLT DATA                        packet's data segment.        number of outstanding buffers                       The number of buffers which can be in                       transmission/error recovery at any given moment.M. Lambert                                                      [Page 2]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987   The protocol's throughput is measured in two ways.  First, the "real   throughput" is throughput as viewed by the user: the number of bits   transferred divided by the time from program start to program finish.   Although this is a useful measurement from the user's point of view,   another throughput measurement is more useful for analyzing NETBLT's   performance.  The "steady-state throughput" is the rate at which data   is transmitted as the transfer size approaches infinity.  It does not   take into account connection setup time, and (more importantly), does   not take into account the time spent recovering from packet-loss   errors that occur after the last buffer in the transmission is sent   out.  For NETBLT transfers using networks with long round-trip delays   (and consequently with large numbers of outstanding buffers), this   "late" recovery phase can add large amounts of time to the   transmission, time which does not reflect NETBLT's peak transmission   rate.  The throughputs listed in the test cases that follow are all   steady-state throughputs.4. Implementation Performance   This section describes the theoretical performance of the IBM PC/AT   NETBLT implementation on both the transmitting and receiving sides.   Theoretical performance was measured on two LANs: a 10 megabit-per-   second Proteon Token Ring and a 10 megabit-per-second Ethernet.   "Theoretical performance" is defined to be the performance achieved   if the sending NETBLT did nothing but transmit data packets, and the   receiving NETBLT did nothing but receive data packets.   Measuring the send-side's theoretical performance is fairly easy,   since the sending NETBLT does very little more than transmit packets   at a predetermined rate.  There are few, if any, factors which can   influence the processing speed one way or another.   Using a Proteon P1300 interface on a Proteon Token Ring, the IBM   PC/AT NETBLT implementation can copy a maximum-sized packet (1990   bytes excluding protocol headers) from NETBLT buffer to NETBLT data   packet, format the packet header, and transmit the packet onto the   network in about 8 milliseconds.  This translates to a maximum   theoretical throughput of 1.99 megabits per second.   Using a 3COM 3C500 interface on an Ethernet LAN, the same   implementation can transmit a maximum-sized packet (1438 bytes   excluding protocol headers) in 6.0 milliseconds, for a maximum   theoretical throughput of 1.92 megabits per second.   Measuring the receive-side's theoretical performance is more   difficult.  Since all timer management and message ACK overhead is   incurred at the receiving NETBLT's end, the processing speed can be   slightly slower than the sending NETBLT's processing speed (this doesM. Lambert                                                      [Page 3]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987   not even take into account the demultiplexing overhead that the   receiver incurs while matching packets with protocol handling   functions and connections).  In fact, the amount by which the two   processing speeds differ is dependent on several factors, the most   important of which are: length of the NETBLT buffer list, the number   of data timers which may need to be set, and the number of control   messages which are ACKed by the data packet.  Almost all of this   added overhead is directly related to the number of outstanding   buffers allowable during the transfer.  The fewer the number of   outstanding buffers, the shorter the NETBLT buffer list, and the   faster a scan through the buffer list and the shorter the list of   unacknowledged control messages.   Assuming a single-outstanding-buffer transfer, the receiving-side   NETBLT can DMA a maximum-sized data packet from the Proteon Token   Ring into its network interface, copy it from the interface into a   packet buffer and finally copy the packet into the correct NETBLT   buffer in 8 milliseconds: the same speed as the sender of data.   Under the same conditions, the implementation can receive a maximum-   sized packet from the Ethernet in 6.1 milliseconds, for a maximum   theoretical throughput of 1.89 megabits per second.5. Testing on a Proteon Token Ring   The Proteon Token Ring used for testing is a 10 megabit-per-second   LAN supporting about 40 hosts.  The machines on either end of the   transfer were IBM PC/ATs using Proteon P1300 network interfaces.  The   Token Ring provides high bandwidth with low round-trip delay and   negligible packet loss, a good debugging environment in situations   where packet loss, packet reordering, and long round-trip time would   hinder debugging.  Also contributing to high performance is the large   (maximum 2046 bytes) network MTU.  The larger packets take somewhat   longer to transmit than do smaller packets (8 milliseconds per 2046   byte packet versus 6 milliseconds per 1500 byte packet), but the   lessened per-byte computational overhead increases throughput   somewhat.   The fastest single-outstanding-buffer transmission rate was 1.49   megabits per second, and was achieved using a test case with the   following parameters:M. Lambert                                                      [Page 4]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987      transfer size   2-5 million bytes      data packet size                      1990 bytes      buffer size     19900 bytes      burst size      5 packets      burst interval  40 milliseconds.  The timer code on the IBM PC/AT                      is accurate to within 1 millisecond, so a 40                      millisecond burst can be timed very accurately.   Allowing only one outstanding buffer reduced the protocol to running   "lock-step" (the receiver of data sends a GO, the sender sends data,   the receiver sends an OK, followed by a GO for the next buffer).   Since the lock-step test incurred one round-trip-delay's worth of   overhead per buffer (between transmission of a buffer's last data   packet and receipt of an OK for that buffer/GO for the next buffer),   a test with two outstanding buffers (providing essentially constant   packet transmission) should have resulted in higher throughput.   A second test, this time with two outstanding buffers, was performed,   with the above parameters identical save for an increased burst   interval of 43 milliseconds.  The highest throughput recorded was   1.75 megabits per second.  This represents 95% efficiency (5 1990-   byte packets every 43 milliseconds gives a maximum theoretical   throughput of 1.85 megabits per second).  The increase in throughput   over a single-outstanding-buffer transmission occurs because, with   two outstanding buffers, there is no round-trip-delay lag between   buffer transmissions and the sending NETBLT can transmit constantly.   Because the P1300 interface can transmit and receive concurrently, no   packets were dropped due to collision on the interface.   As mentioned previously, the minimum transmission time for a   maximum-sized packet on the Proteon Ring is 8 milliseconds.  One   would expect, therefore, that the maximum throughput for a double-   buffered transmission would occur with a burst interval of 8   milliseconds times 5 packets per burst, or 40 milliseconds.  This   would allow the sender of data to transmit bursts with no "dead time"   in between bursts.  Unfortunately, the sender of data must take time   to process incoming control messages, which typically forces a 2-3   millisecond gap between bursts, lowering the throughput.  With a   burst interval of 43 milliseconds, the incoming packets are processedM. Lambert                                                      [Page 5]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987   during the 3 millisecond-per-burst "dead time", making the protocol   more efficient.6. Testing on an Ethernet   The network used in performing this series of tests was a 10 megabit   per second Ethernet supporting about 150 hosts.  The machines at   either end of the NETBLT connection were IBM PC/ATs using 3COM 3C500   network interfaces.  As with the Proteon Token Ring, the Ethernet   provides high bandwidth with low delay.  Unfortunately, the   particular Ethernet used for testing (MIT's infamous Subnet 26) is   known for being somewhat noisy.  In addition, the 3COM 3C500 Ethernet   interfaces are relatively unsophisticated, with only a single   hardware packet buffer for both transmitting and receiving packets.   This gives the interface an annoying tendency to drop packets under   heavy load.  The combination of these factors made protocol   performance analysis somewhat more difficult than on the Proteon   Ring.   The fastest single-buffer transmission rate was 1.45 megabits per   second, and was achieved using a test case with the following   parameters:      transfer size   2-5 million bytes      data packet size                      1438 bytes (maximum size excluding protocol                      headers).      buffer size     14380 bytes      burst size      5 packets      burst interval  30 milliseconds (6.0 milliseconds x 5 packets).   A second test, this one with parameters identical to the first save   for number of outstanding buffers (2 instead of 1) resulted in   substantially lower throughput (994 kilobits per second), with a   large number of packets retransmitted (10%).  The retransmissions   occurred because the 3COM 3C500 network interface has only one   hardware packet buffer and cannot hold a transmitting and receiving   packet at the same time.  With two outstanding buffers, the sender of   data can transmit constantly; this means that when the receiver of   data attempts to send a packet, its interface's receive hardware goesM. Lambert                                                      [Page 6]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987   deaf to the network and any packets being transmitted at the time by   the sender of data are lost.  A symmetrical problem occurs with   control messages sent from receiver of data to sender of data, but   the number of control messages sent is small enough and the   retransmission algorithm redundant enough that little performance   degradation occurs due to control message loss.   When the burst interval was lengthened from 30 milliseconds per 5   packet burst to 45 milliseconds per 5 packet burst, a third as many   packets were dropped, and throughput climbed accordingly, to 1.12   megabits per second.  Presumably, the longer burst interval allowed   more dead time between bursts and less likelihood of the receiver of   data's interface being deaf to the net while the sender of data was   sending a packet.  An interesting note is that, when the same test   was conducted on a special Ethernet LAN with the only two hosts   attached being the two NETBLT machines, no packets were dropped once   the burst interval rose above 40 milliseconds/5 packet burst.  The   improved performance was doubtless due to the absence of extra   network traffic.7. Testing on the Wideband Network   The following section describes results gathered using the Wideband   network.  The Wideband network is a satellite-based network with ten   stations competing for a raw satellite channel bandwidth of 3   megabits per second.  Since the various tests resulted in substantial   changes to the NETBLT specification and implementation, some of the   major changes are described along with the results and problems that   forced those changes.   The Wideband network has several characteristics that make it an   excellent environment for testing NETBLT.  First, it has an extremely   long round-trip delay (1.8 seconds).  This provides a good test of   NETBLT's rate control and multiple-buffering capabilities.  NETBLT's   rate control allows the packet transmission rate to be regulated   independently of the maximum allowable amount of outstanding data,   providing flow control as well as very large "windows".  NETBLT's   multiple-buffering capability enables data to still be transmitted   while earlier data are awaiting retransmission and subsequent data   are being prepared for transmission.  On a network with a long   round-trip delay, the alternative "lock-step" approach would require   a 1.8 second gap between each buffer transmission, degrading   performance.   Another interesting characteristic of the Wideband network is its   throughput.  Although its raw bandwidth is 3 megabits per second, at   the time of these tests fully 2/3 of that was consumed by low-level   network overhead and hardware limitations.  (A detailed analysis ofM. Lambert                                                      [Page 7]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987   the overhead appears at the end of this document.)  This reduces the   available bandwidth to just over 1 megabit per second.  Since the   NETBLT implementation can run substantially faster than that, testing   over the Wideband net allows us to measure NETBLT's ability to   utilize very high percentages of available bandwidth.   Finally, the Wideband net has some interesting packet reorder and   delay characteristics that provide a good test of NETBLT's ability to   deal with these problems.   Testing progressed in several phases.  The first phase involved using   source-routed packets in a path from an IBM PC/AT on MIT's Subnet 26,   through a BBN Butterfly Gateway, over a T1 link to BBN, onto the   Wideband network, back down into a BBN Voice Funnel, and onto ISI's   Ethernet to another IBM PC/AT.  Testing proceeded fairly slowly, due   to gateway software and source-routing bugs.  Once a connection was   finally established, we recorded a best throughput of approximately   90K bits per second.   Several problems contributed to the low throughput.  First, the   gateways at either end were forwarding packets onto their respective   LANs faster than the IBM PC/AT's could accept them (the 3COM 3C500   interface would not have time to re-enable input before another   packet would arrive from the gateway).  Even with bursts of size 1,   spaced 6 milliseconds apart, the gateways would aggregate groups of   packets coming from the same satellite frame, and send them faster   than the PC could receive them.  The obvious result was many dropped   packets, and degraded performance.  Also, the half-duplex nature of   the 3COM interface caused incoming packets to be dropped when packets   were being sent.   The number of packets dropped on the sending NETBLT side due to the   long interface re-enable time was reduced by packing as many control   messages as possible into a single control packet (rather than   placing only one message in a control packet).  This reduced the   number of control packets transmitted to one per buffer transmission,   which the PC was able to handle.  In particular, messages of the form   OK(n) were combined with messages of the form GO(n + 1), in order to   prevent two control packets from arriving too close together to both   be received.   Performance degradation from dropped control packets was also   minimized by changing to a highly redundant control packet   transmission algorithm.  Control messages are now stored in a single   long-lived packet, with ACKed messages continuously bumped off the   head of the packet and new messages added at the tail of the packet.   Every time a new message needs to be transmitted, any unACKed old   messages are transmitted as well.  The sending NETBLT, which receivesM. Lambert                                                      [Page 8]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987   these control messages, is tuned to ignore duplicate messages with   almost no overhead.  This transmission redundancy puts little   reliance on the NETBLT control timer, further reducing performance   degradation from lost control packets.   Although the effect of dropped packets on the receiving NETBLT could   not be completely eliminated, it was reduced somewhat by some changes   to the implementation.  Data packets from the sending NETBLT are   guaranteed to be transmitted by buffer number, lowest number first.   In some cases, this allowed the receiving NETBLT to make retransmit-   request decisions for a buffer N, if packets for N were expected but   none were received at the time packets for a buffer N+M were   received.  This optimization was somewhat complicated, but improved   NETBLT's performance in the face of missing packets.  Unfortunately,   the dropped-packet problem remained until the NETBLT implementation   was ported to a SUN-3 workstation.  The SUN is able to handle the   incoming packets quite well, dropping only 0.5% of the data packets   (as opposed to the PC's 15 - 20%).   Another problem with the Wideband network was its tendency to re-   order and delay packets.  Dealing with these problems required   several changes in the implementation.  Previously, the NETBLT   implementation was "optimized" to generate retransmit requests as   soon as possible, if possible not relying on expiration of a data   timer.  For instance, when the receiving NETBLT received an LDATA   packet for a buffer N, and other packets in buffer N had not arrived,   the receiver would immediately generate a RESEND for the missing   packets.  Similarly, under certain circumstances, the receiver would   generate a RESEND for a buffer N if packets for N were expected and   had not arrived before packets for a buffer N+M.  Obviously, packet-   reordering made these "optimizations" generate retransmit requests   unnecessarily.  In the first case, the implementation was changed to   no longer generate a retransmit request on receipt of an LDATA with   other packets missing in the buffer.  In the second case, a data   timer was set with an updated (and presumably more accurate) value,   hopefully allowing any re-ordered packets to arrive before timing out   and generating a retransmit request.   It is difficult to accommodate Wideband network packet delay in the   NETBLT implementation.  Packet delays tend to occur in multiples of   600 milliseconds, due to the Wideband network's datagram reservation   scheme.  A timer value calculation algorithm that used a fixed   variance on the order of 600 milliseconds would cause performance   degradation when packets were lost.  On the other hand, short fixed   variance values would not react well to the long delays possible on   the Wideband net.  Our solution has been to use an adaptive data   timer value calculation algorithm.  The algorithm maintains an   average inter-packet arrival value, and uses that to determine theM. Lambert                                                      [Page 9]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987   data timer value.  If the inter-packet arrival time increases, the   data timer value will lengthen.   At this point, testing proceeded between NETBLT implementations on a   SUN-3 workstation and an IBM PC/AT.  The arrival of a Butterfly   Gateway at ISI eliminated the need for source-routed packets; some   performance improvement was also expected because the Butterfly   Gateway is optimized for IP datagram traffic.   In order to put the best Wideband network test results in context, a   short analysis follows, showing the best throughput expected on a   fully loaded channel.  Again, a detailed analysis of the numbers that   follow appears at the end of this document.   The best possible datagram rate over the current Wideband   configuration is 24,054 bits per channel frame, or 3006 bytes every   21.22 milliseconds.  Since the transmission route begins and ends on   an Ethernet, the largest amount of data transmissible (after   accounting for packet header overhead) is 1438 bytes per packet.   This translates to approximately 2 packets per frame.  Since we want   to avoid overflowing the channel, we should transmit slightly slower   than the channel frame rate of 21.2 milliseconds.  We therefore came   up with a best possible throughput of 2 1438-byte packets every 22   milliseconds, or 1.05 megabits per second.   Because of possible software bugs in either the Butterfly Gateway or   the BSAT (gateway-to-earth-station interface), 1438-byte packets were   fragmented before transmission over the Wideband network, causing   packet delay and poor performance.  The best throughput was achieved   with the following values:      transfer size   500,000 - 750,000 bytes      data packet size                      1432 bytes      buffer size     14320 bytes      burst size      5 packets      burst interval  55 milliseconds   Steady-state throughputs ranged from 926 kilobits per second to 942   kilobits per second, approximately 90% channel utilization.  TheM. Lambert                                                     [Page 10]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987   amount of data transmitted should have been an order of magnitude   higher, in order to get a longer steady-state period; unfortunately   at the time we were testing, the Ethernet interface of ISI's   Butterfly Gateway would lock up fairly quickly (in 40-60 seconds) at   packet rates of approximately 90 per second, forcing a gateway reset.   Transmissions therefore had to take less than this amount of time.   This problem has reportedly been fixed since the tests were   conducted.   In order to test the Wideband network under overload conditions, we   attempted several tests at rates of 5 1432-byte packets every 50   milliseconds.  At this rate, the Wideband network ground to a halt as   four of the ten network BSATs immediately crashed and reset their   channel processor nodes.  Apparently, the BSATs crash because the ESI   (Earth Station Interface), which sends data from the BSAT to the   satellite, stops its transmit clock to the BSAT if it runs out of   buffer space.  The BIO interface connecting BSAT and ESI does not   tolerate this clock-stopping, and typically locks up, forcing the   channel processor node to reset.  A more sophisticated interface,   allowing faster transmissions, is being installed in the near future.8. Future Directions   Some more testing needs to be performed over the Wideband Network in   order to get a complete analysis of NETBLT's performance.  Once the   Butterfly Gateway Ethernet interface lockup problem described earlier   has been fixed, we want to perform transmissions of 10 to 50 million   bytes to get accurate steady-state throughput results.  We also want   to run several NETBLT processes in parallel, each tuned to take a   fraction of the Wideband Network's available bandwidth.  Hopefully,   this will demonstrate whether or not burst synchronization across   different NETBLT processes will cause network congestion or failure.   Once the BIO BSAT-ESI interface is upgraded, we will want to try for   higher throughputs, as well as greater hardware stability under   overload conditions.   As far as future directions of research into NETBLT, one important   area needs to be explored.  A series of algorithms need to be   developed to allow dynamic selection and control of NETBLT's   transmission parameters (burst size, burst interval, and number of   outstanding buffers).  Ideally, this dynamic control will not require   any information from outside sources such as gateways; instead,   NETBLT processes will use end-to-end information in order to make   transmission rate decisions in the face of noisy channels and network   congestion.  Some research on dynamic rate control is taking place   now, but much more work needs done before the results can be   integrated into NETBLT.M. Lambert                                                     [Page 11]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987I. Wideband Bandwidth Analysis   Although the raw bandwidth of the Wideband Network is 3 megabits per   second, currently only about 1 megabit per second of it is available   to transmit data.  The large amount of overhead is due to the channel   control strategy (which uses a fixed-width control subframe based on   the maximum number of stations sharing the channel) and the low-   performance BIO interface between BBN's BSAT (Butterfly Satellite   Interface) and Linkabit's ESI (Earth Station Interface).  Higher-   performance BSMI interfaces are soon to be installed in all Wideband   sites, which should improve the amount of available bandwidth.   Bandwidth on the Wideband network is divided up into frames, each of   which has multiple subframes.  A frame is 32768 channel symbols, at 2   bits per symbol.  One frame is available for transmission every 21.22   milliseconds, giving a raw bandwidth of 65536 bits / 21.22 ms, or   3.081 megabits per second.   Each frame contains two subframes, a control subframe and a data   subframe.  The control subframe is subdivided into ten slots, one per   earth station.  Control information takes up 200 symbols per station.   Because the communications interface between BSAT and ESI only runs   at 2 megabits per second, there must be a padding interval of 1263   symbols between each slot of information, bringing the total control   subframe size up to 1463 symbols x 10 stations, or 14630 symbols.   The data subframe then has 18138 symbols available.  The maximum   datagram size is currently expressed as a 14-bit quantity, further   dropping the maximum amount of data in a frame to 16384 symbols.   After header information is taken into account, this value drops to   16,036 symbols.  At 2 bits per symbol, using a 3/4 coding rate, the   actual amount of usable data in a frame is 24,054 bits, or   approximately 3006 bytes.  Thus the theoretical usable bandwidth is   24,054 bits every 21.22 milliseconds, or 1.13 megabits per second.   Since the NETBLT implementations are running on Ethernet LANs   gatewayed to the Wideband network, the 3006 bytes per channel frame   of usable bandwidth translates to two maximum-sized (1500 bytes)   Ethernet packets per channel frame, or 1.045 megabits per second.M. Lambert                                                     [Page 12]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987II. Detailed Proteon Ring LAN Test Results   Following is a table of some of the test results gathered from   testing NETBLT between two IBM PC/ATs on a Proteon Token Ring LAN.   The table headers have the following definitions:      BS/BI           burst size in packets and burst interval in                      milliseconds      PSZ             number of bytes in DATA/LDATA packet data segment      BFSZ            number of bytes in NETBLT buffer      XFSZ            number of kilobytes in transfer      NBUFS           number of outstanding buffers      #LOSS           number of data packets lost      #RXM            number of data packets retransmitted      DTMOS           number of data timeouts on receiving end      SPEED           steady-state throughput in megabits per secondM. Lambert                                                     [Page 13]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987      BS/BI  PSZ    BFSZ   XFSZ   NBUFS  #LOSS  #RXM   DTMOS  SPEED      5/25   1438   14380  1438   1      0      0      0      1.45      5/25   1438   14380  1438   1      0      0      0      1.45      5/30   1438   14380  1438   1      0      0      0      1.45      5/30   1438   14380  1438   1      0      0      0      1.45      5/35   1438   14380  1438   1      0      0      0      1.40      5/35   1438   14380  1438   1      0      0      0      1.41      5/40   1438   14380  1438   1      0      0      0      1.33      5/40   1438   14380  1438   1      0      0      0      1.33      5/25   1438   14380  1438   2      0      0      0      1.62      5/25   1438   14380  1438   2      0      0      0      1.61      5/30   1438   14380  1438   2      0      0      0      1.60      5/30   1438   14380  1438   2      0      0      0      1.61      5/34   1438   14380  1438   2      0      0      0      1.59      5/35   1438   14380  1438   2      0      0      0      1.58      5/25   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.48      5/25   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.49      5/30   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.48      5/30   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.48      5/35   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.49      5/35   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.48      5/40   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.49      5/40   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.49      5/45   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.45      5/45   1990   19900  1990   1      0      0      0      1.46      5/25   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.75      5/25   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.75      5/30   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.74      5/30   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.75      5/35   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.74      5/35   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.74      5/40   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.75      5/40   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.74      5/43   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.75      5/43   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.74      5/43   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.75      5/44   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.73      5/44   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.72      5/45   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.70      5/45   1990   19900  1990   2      0      0      0      1.72M. Lambert                                                     [Page 14]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987III. Detailed Ethernet LAN Testing Results   Following is a table of some of the test results gathered from   testing NETBLT between two IBM PC/ATs on an Ethernet LAN.  See   previous appendix for table header definitions.      BS/BI  PSZ    BFSZ   XFSZ   NBUFS  #LOSS  #RXM   DTMOS  SPEED      5/30   1438   14380  1438   1      9      9      6      1.42      5/30   1438   14380  1438   1      2      2      2      1.45      5/30   1438   14380  1438   1      5      5      4      1.44      5/35   1438   14380  1438   1      7      7      7      1.38      5/35   1438   14380  1438   1      6      6      5      1.38      5/40   1438   14380  1438   1      48     48     44     1.15      5/40   1438   14380  1438   1      50     50     38     1.17      5/40   1438   14380  1438   1      13     13     11     1.28      5/40   1438   14380  1438   1      7      7      5      1.30      5/30   1438   14380  1438   2      206    206    198    0.995      5/30   1438   14380  1438   2      213    213    198    0.994      5/40   1438   14380  1438   2      117    121    129    1.05      5/40   1438   14380  1438   2      178    181    166    0.892      5/40   1438   14380  1438   2      135    138    130    1.03      5/45   1438   14380  1438   2      57     57     52     1.12      5/45   1438   14380  1438   2      97     97     99     1.02      5/45   1438   14380  1438   2      62     62     51     1.09      5/15   512    10240  2048   1      6      6      4      0.909      5/15   512    10240  2048   1      10     11     7      0.907      5/18   512    10240  2048   1      11     11     8      0.891      5/18   512    10240  2048   1      5      5      9      0.906      5/19   512    10240  2048   1      3      3      3      0.905      5/19   512    10240  2048   1      8      8      7      0.898      5/20   512    10240  2048   1      7      7      4      0.876      5/20   512    10240  2048   1      11     12     5      0.871      5/20   512    10240  2048   1      8      9      5      0.874      5/30   512    10240  2048   2      113    116    84     0.599      5/30   512    10240  2048   2      20     20     14     0.661      5/30   512    10240  2048   2      49     50     40     0.638M. Lambert                                                     [Page 15]

RFC 1030              Testing the NETBLT Protocol          November 1987IV. Detailed Wideband Network Testing Results   Following is a table of some of the test results gathered from   testing NETBLT between an IBM PC/AT and a SUN-3 using the Wideband   satellite network.  See previous appendix for table header   definitions.      BS/BI  PSZ    BFSZ   XFSZ   NBUFS  #LOSS  #RXM   SPEED      5/90   1400   14000  500    22     9      10     0.584      5/90   1400   14000  500    22     12     12     0.576      5/90   1400   14000  500    22     3      3      0.591      5/90   1420   14200  500    22     12     12     0.591      5/90   1420   14200  500    22     6      6      0.600      5/90   1430   14300  500    22     9      10     0.600      5/90   1430   14300  500    22     15     15     0.591      5/90   1430   14300  500    22     12     12     0.590      5/90   1432   14320  716    22     13     16     0.591      5/90   1434   14340  717    22     33     147    0.483      5/90   1436   14360  718    22     25     122    0.500      5/90   1436   14360  718    22     25     109    0.512      5/90   1436   14360  718    22     28     153    0.476      5/90   1438   14380  719    22     6      109    0.533      5/80   1432   14320  716    22     56     68     0.673      5/80   1432   14320  716    22     14     14     0.666      5/80   1432   14320  716    22     15     16     0.661      5/60   1432   14320  716    22     19     22     0.856      5/60   1432   14320  716    22     84     95     0.699      5/60   1432   14320  716    22     18     21     0.871      5/60   1432   14320  716    30     38     40     0.837      5/60   1432   14320  716    30     25     26     0.869      5/55   1432   14320  716    22     13     13     0.935      5/55   1432   14320  716    22     25     25     0.926      5/55   1432   14320  716    22     25     25     0.926      5/55   1432   14320  716    22     20     20     0.932      5/55   1432   14320  716    22     17     19     0.934      5/55   1432   14320  716    22     13     14     0.942M. Lambert                                                     [Page 16]

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