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Sockperf is XLIO's sample application for testing latency and throughput over a socket API. The precompiled sockperf binary is located in /usr/bin/sockperf.

For detailed instructions on how to optimally tune your machines for XLIO performance, please see the Tuning Guide and XLIO Performance Tuning Guide.

  • To run a sockperf UDP throughput test:
    • To run the server, use: 

      LD_PRELOAD=libxlio.so sockperf sr -i <server ip> --msg-size=1472
    • To run the client, use: 

      LD_PRELOAD=libxlio.so sockperf tp -i <server ip> --msg-size=1472
  • To run a sockperf TCP throughput test:
    • To run the server, use: 

      XLIO_STRQ=regular_rq LD_PRELOAD=libxlio.so sockperf sr -i <server ip> --msg-size=1472 --tcp
    • To run the client, use: 

      XLIO_STRQ=regular_rq LD_PRELOAD=libxlio.so sockperf tp -i <server ip> --msg-size=1472 --tcp

For more information, please refer to sockperf help using sockperf -h.


Example - Running sockperf Ping-pong Test

For optimal performance, please refer to Basic Performance Tuning.

  1. Run sockperf server on Host A: 

    LD_PRELOAD=libxlio.so sockperf sr
  1. Run sockperf client on Host B: 

    LD_PRELOAD=libxlio.so sockperf pp –i <server_ip>