The Tervela Message Network can process over 10 million messages per second in a real-world test environment.
Tervelas fault-tolerant message switches can route every piece of US market data available including all equities, derivatives, commodities and FX instruments and send it out to over 1500 subscribers. The mean baseline roundtrip message latency was 58 microseconds with a standard deviation of 8 microseconds.
The mean latency numbers increased by only 18 microseconds during peak load conditions even during sensitive phases such as market open and close which are subject to radical changes in volatility.
Tervelas test results are millions of messages per second higher than any previously released public vendor test data. The tests, which were performed at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)s Sunnyvale, California headquarters, represent the first time that vendor claims about message processing speeds and latency have been publicly demonstrated and validated using a large-scale environment consisting of over 100 high-performance servers to emulate realistic market loads.
The test conditions were constructed using parameters that best matched the operations of most large financial services firms including Gigabit Ethernet, 150 byte messages and UDP point-to-point transport.
“When performing benchmark tests on latency and throughput, vendors will often create custom environments, use unrealistically small messages or eliminate data outliers when calculating results. Our industry needs to find a way to standardise these test environments so end users can make apples to apples comparisons when making technology purchasing decisions. The last thing they want is to be surprised by devastating performance issues when messaging solutions are deployed in live environments,” says Barry Thompson, founder and chief technology officer, Tervela.
“The Tervela benchmarks in the AMD lab represent a leap forward in how we assess and measure systems that will be deployed in the worlds most demanding IT environments. The importance of real-world data traffic results is significant, especially for those in the financial services industry. Tervelas outcome is a great example of the type of landmark improvements in testing accuracy and relevance that can be achieved leveraging AMD technology,” adds John Fritz, director of Strategic Software Alliances, AMD.