I didn't yet have time to learn this utility - how do we interpret the results?
OS: Debian Wheezy 7.8 64 bit / Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64Ok Sergey,Here it goes:Test 1VM: Digital Ocean KVM at AMS3 / 2 Cores / 2GB Ram / 40GB SSD
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policy: fifo: loadavg: 6.22 1.53 0.58 1/164 31050 : 195 Max: 42869
T:12 (31021) P:80 I:125 C: 238830 Min: 2 Act: 18 Avg: 196 Max: 42846
T: 0 (31009) P:80 I:125 C: 239000 Min: 2 Act: 12 Avg: 190 Max: 42845
T: 1 (31010) P:80 I:125 C: 239002 Min: 2 Act: 18 Avg: 196 Max: 42866
T: 2 (31011) P:80 I:125 C: 239004 Min: 3 Act: 10 Avg: 191 Max: 42890
T: 3 (31012) P:80 I:125 C: 239004 Min: 3 Act: 8 Avg: 197 Max: 42876
T: 4 (31013) P:80 I:125 C: 239005 Min: 2 Act: 27 Avg: 194 Max: 42846
T: 5 (31014) P:80 I:125 C: 239008 Min: 2 Act: 26 Avg: 196 Max: 42872
T: 6 (31015) P:80 I:125 C: 239013 Min: 2 Act: 12 Avg: 196 Max: 42843
T: 7 (31016) P:80 I:125 C: 239013 Min: 2 Act: 19 Avg: 194 Max: 42848
T: 8 (31017) P:80 I:125 C: 239013 Min: 2 Act: 14 Avg: 190 Max: 42856
T: 9 (31018) P:80 I:125 C: 239014 Min: 2 Act: 14 Avg: 197 Max: 42865
T:10 (31019) P:80 I:125 C: 239016 Min: 2 Act: 9 Avg: 197 Max: 42868Test 2
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VM: Linode (Xen) London / 8 Cores (E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz) / 4GB Ram
OS: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS / Linux 3.18.5-x86_64-linode52 x86_64
policy: fifo: loadavg: 6.50 1.56 0.55 15/246 30752 97 Max: 1030
T:16 (30726) P:80 I:125 C: 239853 Min: 5 Act: 77 Avg: 97 Max: 1066
T: 0 (30710) P:80 I:125 C: 239946 Min: 5 Act: 63 Avg: 98 Max: 1245
T: 1 (30711) P:80 I:125 C: 239946 Min: 5 Act: 67 Avg: 98 Max: 1091
T: 2 (30712) P:80 I:125 C: 239945 Min: 5 Act: 119 Avg: 97 Max: 1351
T: 3 (30713) P:80 I:125 C: 239945 Min: 5 Act: 99 Avg: 98 Max: 932
T: 4 (30714) P:80 I:125 C: 239945 Min: 5 Act: 35 Avg: 98 Max: 1413
T: 5 (30715) P:80 I:125 C: 239945 Min: 5 Act: 35 Avg: 98 Max: 1407
T: 6 (30716) P:80 I:125 C: 239944 Min: 5 Act: 110 Avg: 97 Max: 1173
T: 7 (30717) P:80 I:125 C: 239947 Min: 5 Act: 85 Avg: 99 Max: 1144
T: 8 (30718) P:80 I:125 C: 239948 Min: 4 Act: 69 Avg: 99 Max: 916
T: 9 (30719) P:80 I:125 C: 239947 Min: 4 Act: 40 Avg: 97 Max: 916
T:10 (30720) P:80 I:125 C: 239948 Min: 5 Act: 61 Avg: 97 Max: 1024
T:11 (30721) P:80 I:125 C: 239946 Min: 6 Act: 84 Avg: 98 Max: 2082
T:12 (30722) P:80 I:125 C: 239947 Min: 4 Act: 40 Avg: 98 Max: 2142
T:13 (30723) P:80 I:125 C: 239946 Min: 5 Act: 49 Avg: 98 Max: 1986
T:14 (30724) P:80 I:125 C: 239946 Min: 4 Act: 113 Avg: 99 Max: 2061This is with system defaults.regards,ErrolOn Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Sergey Safarov <s.safarov@gmail.com> wrote:Errol can you test VM timer with utility https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/CyclictestMy VM currently have folowing results[root@fs1 ~]# date && /tmp/rt-tests/cyclictest -t42 -p 80 -d 0 -n -i 125 -l 240000 && date Sun Apr 5 07:01:31 GMT 2015 # /dev/cpu_dma_latency set to 0us policy: fifo: loadavg: 2.38 0.93 0.50 1/194 1574 T: 0 ( 1531) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 2 Act: 12 Avg: 16 Max: 1302 T: 1 ( 1532) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 2 Act: 15 Avg: 14 Max: 2895 T: 2 ( 1533) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 3 Act: 10 Avg: 12 Max: 2888 T: 3 ( 1534) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 1 Act: 16 Avg: 13 Max: 1333 T: 4 ( 1535) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 2 Act: 20 Avg: 14 Max: 2962 T: 5 ( 1536) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 1 Act: 12 Avg: 14 Max: 2946 T: 6 ( 1537) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 2 Act: 10 Avg: 13 Max: 1363 T: 7 ( 1538) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 2 Act: 12 Avg: 13 Max: 1344 T: 8 ( 1539) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 3 Act: 12 Avg: 16 Max: 1408 T: 9 ( 1540) P:80 I:125 C: 240000 Min: 1 Act: 8 Avg: 13 Max: 2882 T:10 ( 1541) P:80 I:125 C: 239974 Min: 2 Act: 12 Avg: 13 Max: 2908On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Errol Samuels <ewsamuels@gmail.com> wrote:With regards to Xen was this at Linode or inhouse?Just out of curiosity can you tell me the specs of the VM that you tested with and which DO Datacenter? I am using NYC3 so perhaps and I will do some tests as soon as I have some time.Good job and Thanks for sharing!As someone who has been using KVM for a few years and has just migrated about 20 VMs across to Digital Ocean about 6 weeks ago I admit I am a little concerned about this finding.ThanksErrolOn Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Stanislav Sinyagin <ssinyagin@gmail.com> wrote:here we go:
https://txlab.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/testing-rtp-clock-precision-on-a-virtual-machine/
On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Stanislav Sinyagin <ssinyagin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Regis M <regis.freeswitch.org@tornad.net> wrote:
>> How do you check wavs together in audacity ?
>
> you just open two WAV files, align their starting position, and
> visually check the waves. If there's a problem, you would see that
> after few seconds, the waves are not aligned any more.
>
>> Can you send me 2 samples wav (send... and recorded) so I could see the 20ms
>> diff that you exposed...
>>
>> Is there a way to automate the result checking, so it could help to monitor
>> itsp quality
>
> Here
> https://github.com/openpreserve/scape-xcorrsound/issues/17
> this is a link to a tool which compares two sound files at the wave
> level. You can also see the sound samples in the ticket.
> The problem is, that currently this tool does not detect such slipping frames.
>
> I will also write a detailed article with examples, during the weekend.
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> 2015-04-04 12:53 GMT+02:00 Stanislav Sinyagin <ssinyagin@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Important is to send the media through two independent carriers - then you
>>> can be sure that your clock is compared against a high quality one.
>>>
>>> On Apr 4, 2015 12:46 PM, "Regis M" <regis.freeswitch.org@tornad.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> It's a very interresting test and conclusion.
>>>>
>>>> I will try to build a similar environnement on my freeswitch to check
>>>> some system :)
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2015-04-04 2:16 GMT+02:00 Stanislav Sinyagin <ssinyagin@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are some test results which might be interesting:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've set up a test FreeSWITCH server at digitalocean (they use KVM),
>>>>> and originated test calls to some ITSP accounts. Each call played a
>>>>> test sound file (voice samples from ITU:
>>>>> http://www.itu.int/net/itu-t/sigdb/genaudio/AudioForm-g.aspx?val=1000050
>>>>> ), and on the receiving end another FreeSWITCH server was recording
>>>>> the received session. The receiving server was on a XEN VM. Both
>>>>> servers talked G711 to their corresponding ITSP accounts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I compared the source audio and received audio in Audacity editor.
>>>>>
>>>>> The tests showed that the received voice wave shifts 20ms from the
>>>>> original sound every few seconds, randomly back and forward. This
>>>>> skewing was always present, regardless of ITSP and time of day.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I moved the sending server to a XEN VM, and the waves appeared
>>>>> almost perfectly synchronized (there was a 5ms skew in one test, and I
>>>>> guess it's related to transcoding buffer, as the sound was obviously
>>>>> transcoded).
>>>>>
>>>>> The effect was always visible with a 30-second sample, and I also made
>>>>> additional tests with 2-minute samples.
>>>>>
>>>>> It would also be interesting to test this from a VmWare VM. If someone
>>>>> wants to run such a test, feel free to contact me directly.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>> stan
>>>>>
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