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1. Continuous traffic results are more consistent across runs compared to RFC2544-throughput test.
2. The inconsistency across the runs in RFC2544 cases can be explained by the way the binary-search algorithm works - and, this can be used to argue about the importance of adaptive RFC2544 Binary-search algorithm in virtualized environments. 
3. Due to cross-numa traffic flow, scenarios 2, 3 and 8, as expected, performs poorer compared to other scenarios.
4. When the NICs are mapped to both the NUMAs - with pmd-cores also present - the performance is similar across all movements of VNF cores. The scenarios 4, 5 and 6 represent these cases. However, among these, Scenario-6 is relatively poorer as its cores are split across NUMAs, and the chances are that only one of them would be used effectively.
5. Scenarios 1, 7 and 9 are the best cases - with minimal to none cross-numa effects.

Generic:

1. X-NUMA instantiation is a very realistic scenario.  If we seek more realism, we might add a stressor load to a few of the interesting scenarios. This might enhance the effects of X-NUMA deloyment.

Possible Variations

1. Increase the Number of CPUs to 4 for the VNF.
2. Phy2phy case (no VNF).
3. Try different forwarding VNF
4. Different Virtual Switch (VPP)
5. RxQ Affinity.

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