Automated Hypervisor Testing and Benchmarking on Hardware

Explore automated hypervisor testing and benchmarking on hardware in this 29-minute KVM Forum talk. Dive into the challenges encountered during the development and use of SoTest, a custom-made service for automating virtualization workload tests and benchmarks across diverse hardware. Learn how to make arbitrary hardware remote-controllable, integrate tests into developer workflows, optimize throughput, enable performance benchmarking, and handle network infrastructure flakiness. Gain insights from Markus Napierkowski, Technical Lead at Cyberus Technology GmbH, and Sebastian Eydam, Software Engineer at Cyberus Technology, as they share their experiences in low-level virtualization projects and building internal hardware test automation services.

Automated hypervisor testing and benchmarking on hardware by Markus Napierkowski & Sebastian Eydam