Skip to content
Merged
Changes from all commits
Commits
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension

Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions _benchmark/user-guide/concepts.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
layout: default
title: Concepts
nav_order: 3
parent: User Guide
parent: User guide
redirect_from:
- /benchmark/user-guide/concepts/
---
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ While the definition for _throughput_ remains consistent with other client-serve
| Metric | Common definition | **OpenSearch Benchmark definition** |
| :--- | :--- |:--- |
| **Throughput** | The number of operations completed in a given period of time. | The number of operations completed in a given period of time. |
| **Service time** | The amount of time that the server takes to process a request, from the point it receives the request to the point the response is returned. </br></br> It includes the time spent waiting in server-side queues but _excludes_ network latency, load balancer overhead, and deserialization/serialization. | The amount of time that it takes for `opensearch-py` to send a request and receive a response from the OpenSearch cluster. </br> </br> It includes the amount of time that it takes for the server to process a request and also _includes_ network latency, load balancer overhead, and deserialization/serialization. |
| **Service time** | The amount of time that the server takes to process a request, from the point it receives the request to the point the response is returned. It includes the time spent waiting in server-side queues but _excludes_ network latency, load balancer overhead, and deserialization/serialization. | The amount of time that it takes for `opensearch-py` to send a request and receive a response from the OpenSearch cluster. It includes the amount of time that it takes for the server to process a request and also _includes_ network latency, load balancer overhead, and deserialization/serialization. |
| **Latency** | The total amount of time, including the service time and the amount of time that the request waits before responding. | Based on the `target-throughput` set by the user, the total amount of time that the request waits before receiving the response, in addition to any other delays that occur before the request is sent. |

For more information about service time and latency in OpenSearch Benchmark, see the [Service time](#service-time) and [Latency](#latency) sections.
Expand Down