{"id":1576,"date":"2016-12-04T02:11:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T00:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2016-12-09T17:25:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:25:05","slug":"what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Microsoft mean by low \/ moderate \/ high \/ very high \/ extremely high Azure network bandwidth (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1576\"\/><p><em>This article is part of a series of 5 where I am talking about the Microsoft Azure network bandwidth. For a better understanding please make sure you read also the other parts:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What does Microsoft mean by low \/ moderate \/ high \/ very high \/ extremely high Azure network bandwidth (part 1)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>The isolated network setup (the environment used for network analysis) (part 2)<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What happens when we perform a PING? (part 2.1)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What happens when we perform a PING in size of 4086 bytes? (part 2.2)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Now let\u2019s see what exactly happens when a file is copied over the network (file share) (part 2.3)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-4\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Now let\u2019s see what exactly happens when MS SQL traffic is performed (part 2.4)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-5\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Now let\u2019s see what exactly happens when IIS HTTP\/HTTPS traffic is performed (part 2.5)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The IOmeter benchmark tests who reproduce as close as possible the HTTP\/HTTPS, SMB and MS SQL network traffic (part 3)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-4\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Azure Virtual Machines used to run the IOmeter benchmarks (part 4)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Results and interpretations<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-5-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>4096 B; 0% Read; 0% random (part 5.1)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-5-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>62780 B; 0% Read; 0% random (part 5.2)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-5-3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>1460 B; 100% Read; 0% random (part 5.3)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned in the main article, it was required to analyze the HTTP\/HTTPS, SMB, MS SQL protocols and see how exactly they behave over the network.<\/p>\n<p>In order to run such analysis it was necessary to build an isolated network setup. I actually provisioned two Hyper-V VMs (named: OPIOA3_01 and OPIOA3_02), I configured each VM with 4 vCPU, 7168 vRAM and one 10 Gbps virtual network adapter. After that, I connected these two VMs to a Hyper-V Internal Network Virtual Switch.<br \/>\nTo have the minimum influence over the results, for the duration of all these tests the Windows Firewall has been deactivated and no additional applications have been executed in parallel.<br \/>\nBecause the VMs and the Internal Network Virtual Switch have been hosted by the same physical server, that meant the network traffic hasn&#8217;t passed any physical network -&gt; the setup allowed to use the network at maximum. In addition, this setup offered enough isolation to perform PING, SMB, MSSQL and HTTP\/HTTPS network analysis &#8211; in such way to define the IOmeter benchmark tests that reproduce as close as possible that kind of network traffic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1578 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_02.png\" alt=\"what_does_microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_azure_network_bandwidth_02\" width=\"722\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_02.png 722w, https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_02-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1579 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_03.png\" alt=\"what_does_microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_azure_network_bandwidth_03\" width=\"722\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_03.png 722w, https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_03-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1580 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_04.png\" alt=\"what_does_microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_azure_network_bandwidth_04\" width=\"722\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_04.png 722w, https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/What_does_Microsoft_means_by_low_moderate_high_very_high_extremely_high_Azure_network_bandwidth_04-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I decided to provide a bit more details of how the network analysis has been performed for these protocols. Bellow, I provided links to detailed descriptions of what exactly happens at the network level when:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-1\/\">a PING between two systems is performed<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-2\/\">a 4086 bytes PING between two systems is performed<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-3\/\">when a file is copied over the network (SMB)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-4\/\">when a MS SQL connection + query + response is performed<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2-5\/\">when IIS HTTP\/HTTPS traffic is performed<\/a>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-1\/\">Go back to the previous page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is part of a series of 5 where I am talking about the Microsoft Azure network bandwidth. For a better understanding please make sure you read also the other parts: What does Microsoft mean by low \/ moderate \/ high \/ very high \/ extremely high Azure network bandwidth (part 1) The isolated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/what-does-microsoft-mean-by-low-moderate-high-very-high-extremely-high-azure-network-bandwidth-part-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What does Microsoft mean by low \/ moderate \/ high \/ very high \/ extremely high Azure network bandwidth (part 2)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"What does Microsoft mean by low \/ moderate \/ high \/ very high \/ extremely high Azure network bandwidth (part 2)","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[32,75],"tags":[55,104,103,102,107,78],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NfDd-pq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}