Kubernetes Pod-2-Pod Communication Benchmarking

Problem: Performance benchmarking of pod-2-pod communications for NFV Usecases.

CNIs: OVS, VPP, Calico, Celium

Topologies and Variations: Single-Host, Multi-Host, with and without noisy-neighbors, resource configuration impacts

Traffic Generators: DPPD-Prox, Trex, Spirent STCc.

Testbed: Intel Pod12, Pod18.

Duration: 2 Months.

Pre-Req: Basics of Kubernetes -  pod deployment, service deployment, etc.

Tests: ETSI TST 009.