Re: WGLC: draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-term-02 and meth-02

Marius Georgescu <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.bmwg
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dear Bhuvan and Co-authors,

Thank you for considering my comments.
Please find my answers inline with the tag [MG]. 

> On Jan 7, 2017, at 12:27 AM, Bhuvan (Veryx Technologies) <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Marius,
> 
> Thank you for your comments and please find below our responses inline with tag [Authors].
> 
> Best Regards,
> Bhuvan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marius Georgescu" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, 1 November, 2016 09:38:34
> Subject: Re: [bmwg] WGLC: draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-term-02 and meth-02
> 
> Hello BMWG,
> 
> I have read both drafts and generally I find them mature enough to be forwarded to the IESG. 
> I also have one comment which seems still uncovered and may improve the draft further. 
> 
> #1# Is the average the most representative time in most of the measurements presented in 
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-meth-02 ? 
> [Authors] We had lot of discussion internally and we think If we run the test as many times 
> as BMWG recommends, then presumably the mean and median would be close. 
> 

[MG] If the empirical data showed a normal distribution, then the mean would be indeed sufficient.

> Would it make sense to have maybe a "Maximum Topology Discovery Time" as a sort of worst case scenario? 
> The question can stand as well for other benchmarks. 
> [Authors] We think, determining the 'maximum' would be meaningful for size&rate and not sure about the time.
> Please let us know if we miss something here.
[MG] If there is consensus among the authors and no other opinion supporting this "worst case" time, I do not insist on having it included. 

Best regards,
---
Marius Georgescu
Backbone Engineer
RCS & RDS Bucharest
http://www.rcs-rds.ro 
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