New Benchmark Released for Evaluating Performance of SIP Servers

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Sep 5, 2011 — 1 min read

A new benchmark, SPECsip_Infrastructure2011, has been released by the non-profit Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) to evaluate the performance of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servers. This benchmark is designed to evaluate the performance of SIP servers in a VoIP deployment for an enterprise, telco, or service provider. The SPEC SIP subcommittee, which includes IBM, Intel, Oracle, and Red Hat, developed this benchmark with supporting contributions from Shay Gal-On of the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmarking Consortium (EEMBC).

Key Takeaways:

SPECsip_Infrastructure2011 is a benchmark for evaluating the performance of SIP servers in a VoIP deployment.
The benchmark is based on a proxy server modeling a typical VoIP deployment for an enterprise, telco, or service provider.
The primary metric for SPECsip_Infrastructure measures the simultaneous number of supported subscribers while meeting several quality of service (QoS) requirements.
The benchmark is expected to be used by developers, testers, performance analysts, and purchasing decision-makers.
SIP software vendors will use the benchmark to evaluate and improve the performance of their server products.
Hardware vendors will use the benchmark to determine how well their servers can handle VoIP workloads.
Users can benefit from the benchmark by comparing the performance of competing SIP servers in a VoIP environment.
The benchmark is a great tool for optimizing server provisioning.

Statistics:

The SPEC SIP subcommittee includes 4 members: IBM, Intel, Oracle, and Red Hat.
The benchmark is based on user behavior patterns from studies by Communigate Systems and IBM.
The benchmark is available immediately on CD for $800, with discounts available for qualified non-profit and educational institutions.
The SPEC organization has a membership of over 70 leading computer hardware and software vendors, educational institutions, research organizations, and government agencies.

Sources:

SPEC (www.spec.org)
Embedded Microprocessor Benchmarking Consortium (EEMBC)
IBM
Intel
Oracle
Red Hat
Communigate Systems

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