Imported: Simpler Configuration

[DaGeRe]

This issue has been imported from an old repository. It was originally created by @Schattensilber at 2021-03-10T23:33:24Z with number #8

It is fairly hard to choose a proper configuration that will
a) not take too long to finish
b) show small enough performance differences

Is it possible to let the tool figure out the appropriate configuration by giving it a target time and significance?
As a start the tool might make bad assumptions but would offer this configuration optionally in the interface.

[DaGeRe]

This comment has been imported from an old repository. It was originally created by @DaGeRe at 2021-03-11T09:56:39Z

While that is a good goal in general, its implementation is complicated.

It would be possible to give Peass a target time, and Peass repeats VMs until the time is over. Then, it could be checked based on the significance whether there is a performance change.

Unfortunately, this simple approach has some drawbacks:

• Warmup and needed executions/repetitions are varying depending on the workload. Since it is nearly impossible to find the steady state for general workloads, the only option would be to make a (possibly wrong) guess about this.
• Giving Peass a target time would, depending on the test case and its standard deviation (and the workload characteristics regarding CPU, memory and I/O usage), lead to too much or too less execution time.

We should first integrate the measurement (of at least a part of the unit tests) into your CI process with an example configuration and afterwards check again whether it is possible to ease the configuration like this.