End-to-End Performance Measurement Workshop

5-6 February 2003, noon to noon

Florida International University
Miami, FL

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The Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi), in the continuing effort to advance the creation of an end-to-end measurement infrastructure, is hosting the second E2Epi Performance Measurement Workshop following the Joint Techs Meeting in Miami. End-to-end performance involves everything in the path, including the perception of the end user, the applications program, the operating system, the computer hardware, and all portions of the local and wide area networks. Ideally, to have a true measurement of end-to-end performance, we need a measurement infrastructure that can provide information on all these portions of the path. At the last workshop, there were presentations on current work and progress was made to define how measurement attributes would be defined and exchanged, and a schema to structure them.

The upcoming workshop will focus on three major areas:

· Measurement Data Collection – Tools, Methods, Attributes, Schema
· Data Repositories – Storage, Access, Management
· Data Analysis – Network Capabilities, Problem Identification/Location

Presentations to review current projects and progress made since the last workshop are scheduled for the first day. Breakout sessions, to define near term goals and identify who can accomplish them, are scheduled for the second day.

If you are working in this area, you are encouraged to attend the workshop, share your experiences, and learn from others. (NOTE: This is a separate event from Joint Techs – a separate registration is required!) The fee for this workshop is $150; as with the Joint Techs registration, it must be paid in advance (registration closes January 24, 2003). The workshop will run from noon on February 5 through noon on February 6 at the FIU campus. Transportation to and from the campus will continue through this workshop. For more information, contact Russ Hobby <rdhobby@internet2.edu>. You may also want to review the web pages for the Internet2 E2Epi at:
http://www.internet2.edu/e2epi.