Measuring End-To-End Bandwidth with Iperf Using Web100
- SLAC
End-to-end bandwidth estimation tools like Iperf though fairly accurate are intrusive. In this paper, we describe how with an instrumented TCP stack (Web100), we can estimate the end-to-end bandwidth accurately, while consuming significantly less network bandwidth and time. We modified Iperf to use Web100 to detect the end of slow-start and estimate the end-to-end bandwidth by measuring the amount of data sent for a short period (1 second) after the slow-start, when the TCP throughput is relatively stable. We obtained bandwidth estimates differing by less than 10% when compared to running Iperf for 20 seconds, and savings in bandwidth estimation time of up to 94% and savings in network traffic of up to 92%.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 813039
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-9733
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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