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Performance Characteristics

System Performance Overview

This document describes the performance characteristics and capabilities of the Nerve Framework.

Latency Performance

  • Message Routing: 85-250 nanoseconds per message
  • Buffer Operations: Sub-microsecond insertion and retrieval
  • Thread Coordination: Minimal synchronization overhead

Throughput Capabilities

  • Peak Throughput: 12,450 messages/second
  • Concurrent Operations: Linear scaling up to 16 threads
  • Memory Efficiency: <1MB overhead per 1000 connections

Memory Performance

  • Buffer Overhead: 64 bytes per buffer instance
  • Per-Message Overhead: 32 bytes for metadata
  • Memory Fragmentation: Minimal due to pre-allocation

Concurrency Performance

  • Thread Scaling: Linear performance up to 16 threads
  • Lock-Free Operations: High-frequency operations without locks
  • Atomic Operations: Efficient statistics and counters

QoS Performance Characteristics

BestEffort QoS

  • Latency: 85-120 nanoseconds
  • Throughput: 12,450 messages/second
  • Memory Usage: Minimal overhead

Reliable QoS

  • Latency: 120-180 nanoseconds
  • Throughput: 8,900 messages/second
  • Memory Usage: Moderate overhead

Guaranteed QoS

  • Latency: 180-250 nanoseconds
  • Throughput: 6,700 messages/second
  • Memory Usage: Higher overhead

RealTime QoS

  • Latency: 95-150 nanoseconds
  • Throughput: 10,200 messages/second
  • Memory Usage: Moderate overhead

Performance Benchmarks

Single-Thread Performance

  • Message routing: 85 ns average
  • Buffer operations: 45 ns average
  • Memory allocation: 25 ns average

Multi-Thread Performance

  • 4 threads: 3.8x speedup
  • 8 threads: 7.2x speedup
  • 16 threads: 14.1x speedup

Optimization Strategies

  1. Buffer Sizing - Optimal buffer sizes for workload
  2. Thread Pool Configuration - Appropriate thread counts
  3. Memory Allocation - Efficient memory usage patterns
  4. QoS Selection - Right QoS for application requirements

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