The Buffer Tradeoff experiment helps you evaluate how changes in buffer capacity compare to improvements in interruption behavior, with a focus on overall system efficiency. By running this experiment, you can see how incremental adjustments to a specific buffer affect throughput and efficiency, making it easier to understand where added storage provides value and where reliability improvements may have a greater impact. The table below summarizes the results ReliaSim will provide when a buffer tradeoff experiment is run.
| Result | Description |
|---|---|
| Summary | Shows run data for each run, including the buffer capacity and any interrupts dropped for that run. |
| Buffer/Interrupt Efficiency | Charts efficiency across buffer capacity for each dropped interrupt condition. |
| Buffer/Interrupt Production | Plots average production vs. buffer capacity for each interrupt condition. |
| Buffer/Interrupt Box and Whisker | Shows a box and whisker plot representing the range of runs across each buffer and interrupt condition. This shows how these changes might impact run variability. |