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Benchmarking Setup

The two test beds used to collect benchmarking data are depicted below.

    • 1:1 HA SBC-CE with HFE 2.1 on Azure.
    • Test tools: Two PKTARTs on Azure, one for UAC in Public Subnet and other one for UAS with private Subnet.

Auzure Deployment Diagram

Benchmarking Setup Details

  1. The performance number below has no alarms or any other error unless specified. 
  2. The limiting factor is packet loss and re-transmissions unless any other is specified(excluding trans-code).

Instance Types

S. No.Instance TypeCPURAM

HDD

(GB)

IOPS
1Standard_D8s_v383265500
2Standard_D3s_v341665500
3Standard_D16s_v3163265500


Due to Azure platform and network indeterministic performance, some sessions include a range to compensate.

Call ScenarioInstance TypeHFE 2.1 / StandaloneCPS/CHTSimultaneous Sessions

Worker Core


Signaling CoreUXPAD CoreAverage CPU Utilization

Max Memory Utilization %

SWe Profile

wrkr core#CPU %Sig core #CPU%UXPAD Core #CPU%
 G729A-passsthrough

Standard_D8s_v3


HFE 2.140/1004000Core 236.78%

Core 1 (Shared)

Core 3

Core 4

Core 5

Core 6

Core 7

29.57%

36.60%

27.85%

21.22%

27.26%

24.13%


NANA26.889%26.81%Standard Passthrough Profile
 G711u-passsthrough

Standard_D8s_v3

HFE 2.140/1004000Core 224.08%

Core 1 (Shared)

Core 3

Core 4

Core 5

Core 6

Core 7

21.84%

23.87%

20.30%

14.42%

19.87%

16.94%

NANA19.28%26.61%Standard Passthrough Profile
G729A-G711u-Transcode

Standard_D8s_v3


HFE 2.17/84588Core 216.94%Core 120.25%

Core 3

Core 4

Core 5

Core 6

Core 7 (tpad)

51.72%

65.88%

61.48%

45.44%

1.35%

34.002%24.60%Standard Transcoding Profile

 G711u-passsthrough

TLS/SRTP Enabled on ingress leg only

Standard_D8s_v3


HFE 2.140/1004000Core 253.97%

Core 1 (Shared)

Core 3

Core 4

Core 5

Core 6

Core 7

25.75%

51.38%

23.15%

17.59%

23.56%

20.345%

NANA28.03%26.57%Standard Passthrough Profile

G711u-passsthrough

Standard_D8s_v3


Standalone40/1004000

Core 2

Core 3

24.095%

23.785%

Core 1 (Shared)

Core 6

Core 7

33.715%

30.965%

28.965%

Core 4

Core 5

2.365%

1.94%

19.26%27.95%Standard Passthrough Profile

  G729A-passsthrough


Standard_DS3_v2


HFE 2.120/1002000Core 235.412%

Core 1 (Shared)

Core 3


28.63%

28.785%

N/AN/A24.60%50.69%Standard Passthrough Profile

G711u-passsthrough

Standard_DS3_v2


HFE 2.120/1002000Core 238.17%

Core 1 (Shared)

Core 3

28.334%

35.17%

N/AN/A24.30%50.92%Standard Passthrough Profile
G729A-G711u-Transcode

Standard_DS3_v2


HFE 2.12.2/100220Core 28.00%

Core 1(Shared)

Core 3

11.91%

63.731%

NANA22.91%47.68%Standard Transcoding Profile

G711u-passsthrough

TLS/SRTP Enabled on ingress leg only

Standard_DS3_v2


HFE 2.120/1002000Core 258.21%

Core 1(Shared)

Core 3

27.95%

27.84%

NANA29.77%51.36%Standard Passthrough Profile
G711u-passsthrough

Standard_DS3_v2


Standalone20/1002000Core 232.30%

Core 1(Shared)

Core 3

23.143%

23.514%

NANA22.312%50.23%Standard Passthrough Profile

Azure SLB Performance Data

Note
  • The performance number below has no alarms or any other error unless specified. 
  • The limiting factor is packet loss and re-transmissions unless any other is specified(excluding transcode).
  • The core wise usage is not mentioned here as profile used is default in most of the cases, unless specified.
  • Accelerated Networking is enabled on packet port

Azure Performance Data

SLB Instance TypeDeployment SLB/SBCCall TypeSLB SessionsSLB
CPS/CHT
SLB
Avg CPU Utilization %
SLB
Max Memory Utilization %
SLB
SWe Active Profile
SBC Instance TypeNo.of SBCsSBC SessionsSBC
Avg CPU Utilization %
SBC
Max Memory Utilization %
TransportSBC
SWe Active Profile

Standard D8s v3

8vCPU

HFE2.1/HFE2.1G711-Passthru50k500/10016.56%21.52%Standard SLB Profile

Standard D8s v3

8vCPU

7~7k per SBC21.48%30.22%UDPDefault

Standard DS3 v2

4vCPU

HFE2.1/SAG711-Passthru50k500/10019.02%41.7%Standard SLB Profile

Standard D16s v3

16vCPU

6~8.3k14.98%25.09%UDPDefault

Standard D8s v3

8vCPU

SA/SAG711-Passthru50k500/10016.77%21.98%Standard SLB Profile

Standard D8s v3

8vCPU

6~8.3K22.97%31.53%UDPDefault

Standard D8s v3

8vCPU

HFE2.1/HFE2.1G711-Passthru50k500/10017.47%21.17%Standard SLB Profile

Standard D8s v3

8vCPU

7~7k20.46%30.3%TLSDefault