2.2.4. C# API

The following tests have been performed by executing an RTI Perftest C# Publisher and Subscriber between two nodes, connected to a switch via Ethernet. The communication has been restricted to a single interface and the transport has been set to UDPv4.

Find information about the hardware, network, and command-line parameters after each of the tests.

2.2.4.1. UDPv4, C#

Linux x64 (10Gbps Network)

UnkeyedKeyed

Minimum LatencyMaximum Throughput

The graph below shows the one-way latency without load between a Publisher and a Subscriber running in two Linux nodes in a 10Gbps network. The numbers are for best-effort as well as strict reliable reliability scenarios.

Note

We use the median (50th percentile) instead of the average in order to get a more stable measurement that does not account for spurious outliers. We also calculate the average value and other percentile values, which can be seen in the Detailed Statistics section below.

Detailed Statistics

The following tables contain the raw numbers presented by a simplified version of RTI Perftest for the Modern C# implementation. These numbers are the exact output with no further processing.

• Best Effort

Sample Size (Bytes)	Ave (μs)	Std (μs)	Min (μs)	Max (μs)	50% (μs)	90% (μs)	99% (μs)	99.99% (μs)	99.9999% (μs)
32	17	3.5	17	471	17	18	19	27	471
64	18	1.4	17	471	18	18	19	27	471
128	18	2.2	17	473	18	18	20	27	473
256	18	2.4	17	476	18	18	20	27	476
512	19	4.6	18	475	19	20	21	29	475
1024	25	6.6	19	486	26	28	32	49	486
2048	29	11.4	22	971	30	34	47	530	971
4096	31	9.9	27	987	31	34	57	548	987
8192	44	12.1	37	495	40	58	62	101	495
16384	89	23.9	48	536	89	123	138	173	536
32768	131	25.9	89	622	125	167	188	194	622
63000	192	11.6	109	1257	192	194	196	230	1257

• Reliable

Sample Size (Bytes)	Ave (μs)	Std (μs)	Min (μs)	Max (μs)	50% (μs)	90% (μs)	99% (μs)	99.99% (μs)	99.9999% (μs)
32	19	2.0	18	464	19	19	21	33	464
64	19	3.6	18	818	19	20	22	36	818
128	19	4.0	18	463	19	20	27	41	463
256	21	6.8	19	480	20	30	39	46	480
512	22	8.5	19	489	21	32	41	48	489
1024	25	8.2	20	482	26	29	54	59	482
2048	29	11.4	22	971	30	34	47	530	971
4096	31	9.9	27	987	31	34	57	548	987
8192	45	12.6	38	755	41	60	83	122	755
16384	92	28.2	49	567	91	132	149	165	567
32768	131	25.9	89	622	125	167	188	194	622
63000	193	8.9	109	1156	193	195	200	215	1156
100000	224	25.6	166	1731	228	235	255	284	1731
500000	638	71.1	550	8285	642	669	702	721	8285
1048576	1358	190.4	1225	17026	1349	1439	1458	17026	17026
1548576	1956	425.2	1768	31988	1950	1973	1998	31988	31988
4194304	5317	1424.4	4827	66919	5282	5312	5341	66919	66919
10485760	12461	5363.6	12215	164315	12267	12308	12341	164315	164315

Perftest Scripts

To produce these tests, we executed RTI Perftest for C#. The exact script used can be found here:

#!/bin/bash
filename=$0
script_location=$(cd "$(dirname "$filename")" || exit 255; pwd)

export datasizes="32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 63000"
export datasizes_extended="${datasizes} 100000 500000 1048576 1548576 4194304 10485760"

export domain="2"
export exec_time=20
export num_reps=1
export instance_number=100000
export core=0

# We will use some colors to improve visibility of errors and info messages.
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
BLUE='\033[0;34m'
LIGHTBLUE='\033[0;36m'
NC='\033[0m'
INFO_TAG="${GREEN}[INFO]:${NC}"
WARNING_TAG="${YELLOW}[WARNING]:${NC}"
ERROR_TAG="${RED}[ERROR]:${NC}"

################################################################################

function disable_colors() {
    export RED=""
    export GREEN=""
    export YELLOW=""
    export NC=""
    export BLUE=""
    export LIGHTBLUE=""
    export INFO_TAG="${GREEN}[INFO]:${NC}"
    export WARNING_TAG="${YELLOW}[WARNING]:${NC}"
    export ERROR_TAG="${RED}[ERROR]:${NC}"
}

function change_domain() {
    if [[ "$domain" == "1" ]]; then
        export domain="2"
    else
        export domain="1"
    fi
}

# Usage: execute_test <keyed/unkeyed> <rel/be> <datasizes> <batchSize>
function execute_test() {

    local keyed_unkeyed=$1
    local rel_be=$2
    local datasizes_test=$3
    local other_args=$4
    local name_suffix=$5

    local commands_string_test=$commands_string
    local tag=""

    if [[ "${keyed_unkeyed}" == "keyed" ]]; then
        commands_string_test="${commands_string_test} -keyed -instances $instance_number"
        tag="[${YELLOW}${transport}${NC}|${BLUE}K${NC}|"
    else
        tag="[${YELLOW}${transport}${NC}|${LIGHTBLUE}UK${NC}|"
    fi

    if [[ "${rel_be}" == "be" ]]; then
        commands_string_test="${commands_string_test} -bestEffort"
        tag="${tag}${YELLOW}BE${NC}]"
    else
        tag="${tag}${RED}REL${NC}]"
    fi

    tag="${tag}[${LIGHTBLUE}${lat_thr}${NC}]"

    local output_file=$output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}.csv

    if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
        echo -e "${YELLOW}[TEST]: $keyed_unkeyed, $rel_be, Is a no-batching test = $no_batching_tests. ${NC}"
    fi

    if [[ "$NO_TASKSET" == "" ]]; then
        if [[ "$LANGUAGE" != "java" && "$LANGUAGE" != "cs" ]]; then
            export pre_command_string="taskset -c $core"
        fi
    fi

    if [[ "$LANGUAGE" == "python" ]]; then
        export pre_command_string="python3 "
    fi

    if [[ "$DOCKER" == "1" ]]; then
        export pre_command_string="taskset -c $core docker run --net=host -v /home/perfuser/rti_license_connextpro.dat:/opt/rti.com/rti_connext_dds-7.3.0/rti_license.dat rticom/perftest:7.3.0-EAR "
        executable=""
    fi

    # Get the aprox time this will take:
    total_tests=$((`wc -w <<< "$datasizes_test"` * num_reps))
    total_time=$((total_tests * exec_time))

    touch $output_file
    local no_headers=""
    local current_test=0
    for index in $(seq 1 ${num_reps}); do
        for DATALEN in ${datasizes_test}; do
            current_test=$((current_test + 1))
            export command="$pre_command_string $executable -domain $domain -dataLen $DATALEN $commands_string_test $other_args $no_headers"
            if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
                echo -e "Test ${tag} (${current_test}/${total_tests}) -- Total time = ${total_time}s"
                echo -e ${BLUE}$command${NC}
            else
                echo -e ${LIGHTBLUE}$command${NC}
            fi
            if [[ "$LANGUAGE" == "cs" && "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
                sleep 3
            fi
            if [[ "$raw" == "1" && "$role" == "sub" ]]; then
                sleep 5
            fi
            if [[ "${get_netstat_info}" == "1" ]]; then
                echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Getting netstat info before"
                netstat -s -u | grep -e "error" -e "packet" > $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_before.txt
            fi
            eval $command >> $output_file;
            if [[ "${get_netstat_info}" == "1" ]]; then
                echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Getting netstat info after"
                netstat -s -u | grep -e "error" -e "packet" > $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_after.txt
                touch "$output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat.csv"
                python3 $script_location/../../../tools/diff_netstat_output.py \
                    -n $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_after.txt \
                    -o $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_before.txt \
                    -d $DATALEN $no_header_netstat \
                    -csv >> "$output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat.csv"
                rm -rf $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_*.txt
                no_header_netstat=" -nh"
            fi
            no_headers=" -noOutputHeaders"

            change_domain
        done
    done
}

################################################################################
# PARSE COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:

while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
    case $1 in
        --executable)
            executable=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --docker)
            DOCKER="1"
            ;;
        --output-folder)
            output_folder=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --sub-folder)
            sub_folder=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --role)
            export role=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --core)
            export core=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --test-kind)
            export lat_thr=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --interface1)
            export interface=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --interface2)
            export interface2=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --ip1)
            export ip1=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --ip2)
            export ip2=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --repetitions)
            export num_reps=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --domain)
            export domain=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --execution-time)
            export exec_time=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --transport)
            export transport=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --datalen)
            export datalen_input=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --file-suffix)
            export file_suffix=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --executable-suffix)
            export executable_suffix=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --extra-arguments)
            export extra_arguments=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --extra-arguments-pub)
            export extra_arguments_pub=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --extra-arguments-sub)
            export extra_arguments_sub=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --skip-no-batching)
            export skip_no_batching="1"
            ;;
        --skip-be)
            export skip_be_tests="1"
            ;;
        --skip-rel)
            export skip_rel_tests="1"
            ;;
        --skip-keyed)
            export skip_keyed_data="1"
            ;;
        --skip-large-data)
            export skip_large_data="1"
            ;;
        --large-data)
            export large_data="1"
            ;;
        --keyed)
            export skip_unkeyed="1"
            ;;
        --unkeyed)
            export skip_keyed_data="1"
            ;;
        --no-batching | --skip-batching)
            export no_batching_only="1"
            ;;
        --reliable)
            export skip_be_tests="1"
            ;;
        --best-effort)
            export skip_rel_tests="1"
            ;;
        --security-gov)
            export security_only="$2"
            shift
            ;;
        --micro)
            export micro="1"
            ;;
        --cert)
            export cert="1"
            ;;
        --raw | --raw-transport)
            export raw="1"
            ;;
        --tss)
            export tss="1"
            ;;
        --no-colors)
            export NO_COLORS="1"
            ;;
        --language)
            export LANGUAGE=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --loss-rate)
            export loss_rate=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --get-netstat-info | --netstat)
            export get_netstat_info="1"
            ;;
        --no-taskset)
            export NO_TASKSET="1"
            ;;
        --reduced-data-sizes-set)
            export REDUCED_DATA_SIZES_SET="1"
            ;;
        *)
            echo -e "unknown parameter \"$1\""
            exit 255
            ;;
    esac
    shift
done

if [[ "$NO_COLORS" == "1" ]]; then
    disable_colors
fi

export folder_base="$(dirname "${executable}")"/../../..

if [[ $LANGUAGE == "java"  || "$LANGUAGE" == "cs" ]]; then
    export folder_base="$(dirname "${executable}")"/../..
fi
if [[ $tss == "1" ]]; then
    export folder_base="$(dirname "${executable}")"/../../../../..
fi

if [[ "${executable_suffix}" != "" ]]; then
    export executable="${executable}${executable_suffix}"
fi

if [[ "${sub_folder}" != "" ]]; then
    export output_folder="${output_folder}/${sub_folder}"
fi

echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Perftest executable is: $executable"
echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Output folder is: $output_folder"

################################################################################

if [[ "$LANGUAGE" == "python" ]]; then
    export skip_keyed_data="1"
    export skip_large_data="1"
    export skip_be_tests="1"
    export skip_no_batching="1"
fi

if [[ "${skip_large_data}" == "1" ]]; then
    export datasizes_extended=${datasizes}
elif [[ "${large_data}" == "1" ]]; then
    export datasizes=${datasizes_extended}
fi

if [[ "${datalen_input}" != "" ]]; then
    echo -e "${YELLOW}[TEST] Testing only for ${datalen_input}${NC}"
    export datasizes=${datalen_input}
    export datasizes_extended=${datalen_input}
    if [[ "${no_batching_only}" != "1" ]]; then
        export skip_large_data="1"
    fi
else 
    if [[ "${REDUCED_DATA_SIZES_SET}" != "" ]]; then
        echo -e "${YELLOW}[TEST] Testing Reduced set of datasizes ${NC}"
        export datasizes="32 128 512 2048 8192 32768 63000"
        export datasizes_extended="${datasizes} 102400 1048576 10485760"
    fi
fi

if [[ "$role" != "pub" && "$role" != "sub" ]]; then
    echo -e "${ERROR_TAG} It must be either publisher or subscriber"
    exit 255
fi

if [[ "$lat_thr" != "thr" && "$lat_thr" != "lat" ]]; then
    echo -e "${ERROR_TAG} It must be either lat or thr"
    exit 255
fi

if [[ "${interface}" == "" ]]; then
    echo "Using default nics"
    export nic_publisher=${ip_machine_1}
    export nic_subscriber=${ip_machine_2}
elif [[ "${interface}" == "both" ]]; then
    export nic_publisher="enp1s0f0,eno1"
    export nic_subscriber="enp1s0f0,eno1"
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_publisher: ${nic_publisher}"
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_subscriber: ${nic_subscriber}"
else
    export nic_publisher=$interface
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_publisher: ${nic_publisher}"

    if [[ "${interface2}" == "" ]]; then
        export nic_subscriber=$interface
    else
        export nic_subscriber=$interface2
    fi
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_subscriber: ${nic_subscriber}"

    if [[ "${ip1}" != "" ]]; then
        export ip_publisher=$ip1
        echo "Using ip_publisher: ${ip_publisher}"
    fi

    if [[ "${ip2}" != "" ]]; then
        export ip_subscriber=$ip2
        echo "Using ip_subscriber: ${ip_subscriber}"
    fi

fi

export transport_string="-transport $transport"

if [[ "$transport" == "UDPv4" ]]; then

    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string -nic $nic_publisher"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string -nic $nic_subscriber"

    if [[ "$micro" == "1" || "$raw" == "1" || "$cert" == "1" ]]; then
        export transport_string_pub="$transport_string_pub -peer ${ip_subscriber}"
        export transport_string_sub="$transport_string_sub -peer ${ip_publisher}"
    fi

elif [[ "$transport" == "TCP" ]]; then
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_publisher \
        -peer 0@tcpv4_lan://${ip_subscriber}:7400"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_subscriber \
        -peer 0@tcpv4_lan://${ip_publisher}:7400"
elif [[ "$transport" == "TLS" ]]; then
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_publisher \
        -peer tlsv4_lan://${ip_subscriber}:7400"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_subscriber \
        -peer tlsv4_lan://${ip_publisher}:7400"
elif [[ "$transport" == "UDPv4_WAN" ]]; then
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_publisher \
        -transportPublicAddress $ip_publisher:7400"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_subscriber \
        -peer 0@udpv4_wan://${ip_publisher}:7400"
else
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string"
fi

################################################################################

export pub_string="-pub \
        ${transport_string_pub} \
        -noPrintIntervals \
        -executionTime $exec_time"

if [[ ${lat_thr} == "lat" ]]; then
    export pub_string="$pub_string \
        -latencyTest"
fi

export sub_string="-sub \
        ${transport_string_sub} \
        -noPrintIntervals"

if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
    echo -e "$INFO_TAG Publisher side running"
    export commands_string=${pub_string}
    export extra_arguments="${extra_arguments} ${extra_arguments_pub}"
else
    echo -e "$INFO_TAG Subscriber side running"
    export commands_string=${sub_string}
    export extra_arguments="${extra_arguments} ${extra_arguments_sub}"
fi

###############################################################################

echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Executing: /set_${lat_thr}_mode.sh"
sudo /set_${lat_thr}_mode.sh
sleep 5

echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Disabling any loss rate"
sudo tc qdisc add dev $nic_publisher root netem loss 0%
sudo tc qdisc del dev $nic_publisher root netem loss 0%

if [[ "$role" == "pub" && "${loss_rate}" != "" ]]; then
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Setting loss rate to ${loss_rate}%"
    sudo tc qdisc add dev $nic_publisher root netem loss $loss_rate%
fi

cd $folder_base
echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Folder Base is: $PWD"
mkdir -p $output_folder

# Tests that may use batching (when doing throughput tests)
if [[ ${no_batching_only} != "1" ]]; then

    # UNKEYED
    if [[ "${skip_unkeyed}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "rel" "${datasizes_extended}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi
    fi

    # KEYED
    if [[ "${skip_keyed_data}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "keyed" "rel" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "keyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi
    fi

fi

if [[ "${skip_no_batching}" == "" || "${no_batching_only}" == "1" ]]; then
    no_batching_tests="1"
fi

# Tests that will not use batching
if [[ "${lat_thr}" == "thr" && "${no_batching_tests}" == "1" ]]; then

    if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
        export commands_string="${commands_string} -batchSize 0"
    fi

    # UNKEYED
    if [[ "${skip_unkeyed}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "rel" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "_noBatch${file_suffix}"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "_noBatch${file_suffix}"
        fi
    fi

    # KEYED
    if [[ "${skip_keyed_data}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "keyed" "rel" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "_noBatch${file_suffix}"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "keyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "_noBatch${file_suffix}"
        fi
    fi

fi

if [[ "$role" == "pub" && "${loss_rate}" != "" ]]; then
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Disabling loss rate"
    sudo tc qdisc del dev $nic_publisher root netem loss $loss_rate%
fi

#!/bin/bash
filename=$0
script_location=$(cd "$(dirname "$filename")" || exit 255; pwd)

echo -e "[Calling base_script/script.sh]"
"${script_location}/../base_script/script.sh" $@ --transport UDPv4

Test Hardware

The following hardware was used to perform these tests:

Linux Nodes

Dell R340 Servers (13 Units)
Processor: Intel Xeon E-2278G (3.4-5GHz, 8c/16t, 16MB cache, 2 memory channels @2666MHz)
RAM: 4x 16GB 2666MHz DIMM (64GB RAM)
HD: 480GB SATA SSD
NIC 1: Intel 710 dual port 10Gbps SFP
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 -- gcc 9.3.0

Switch

Dell 2048 -- 10Gbps switch (10Gbps and 1Gbps interfaces)