Add a 'Reports' category (#301)

* new category: Reports
* benchmarking report node 8.7.2

docusaurus.config.js

@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ const config = {
         editUrl
       },
     ],
+    [
+      'content-blog',
+      /** @type {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog').Options} */
+      {
+        id: 'reports',
+        routeBasePath: 'reports',
+        path: 'reports',
+        authorsMapPath: 'authors.yml',
+        editUrl
+      },
+    ],
   ],
 
   scripts: [
@@ -82,6 +93,7 @@ const config = {
         items: [
           { to: '/', label: 'Home', position: 'right' },
           { to: '/quarterly', label: 'Quarterly', position: 'right' },
+          { to: '/reports', label: 'Reports', position: 'right' },
           {
             type: 'dropdown',
             to: 'tags',
@@ -99,6 +111,9 @@ const config = {
               { to: 'tags/crypto', label: 'Crypto' },
               { to: 'tags/goedel', label: 'Goedel' },
               { to: 'tags/mithril', label: 'Mithril' },
+              { to: 'tags/performance-tracing', label: 'Performance & Tracing' },
+              { to: 'reports/tags/benchmarking-reports', label: 'Benchmarking Reports' },          
+
             ],
           },
           { to: 'archive', label: 'Archive', position: 'right' },

reports/2023-12-performance-8.7.2.md

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+title: Benchmarking -- Node 8.7.2
+slug: 2023-12-performance-8.7.2
+authors: mgmeier
+tags: [benchmarking-reports]
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+---
+
+## Setup
+
+As part of the release benchmarking cycle, we're comparing benchmarking runs for 3 different versions of `cardano-node`:
+* `8.1.2` - the last mainnet release
+* `8.7.0-pre` - as an intermediate reference point
+* `8.7.2` - the next mainnet release
+
+For each version, we're gathering various metrics under 2 different workloads:
+1. _value-only_: Each transaction consumes 2 inputs and creates 2 outputs, changing the UTxO set. This workload produces full blocks (> 80kB) exclusively.
+2. _Plutus_: Each transaction contains a Plutus script exhausting the per-tx execution budget. This workload produces small blocks (< 3kB) exclusively.
+
+Benchmarking is performed on a cluster of 52 nodes spread across 3 different AWS regions, interconnected using a static, restricted topology. All runs
+were performed in the Babbage era.
+
+
+## Observations
+
+*to be published calendar week 50*
+
+## Conclusion
+
+*to be published calendar week 50*
+
+## Attachments
+
+Full report for _value-only workload_, PDF downloadable [here](../static/pdf/benchmarking/8.7.1_8.1.2_8.7.0-pre_8.7.1-pre.value-only.pdf).
+
+Full report for _Plutus workload_, PDF downloadable [here](../static/pdf/benchmarking/8.7.1_8.1.2_8.7.0-pre_8.7.1-pre.plutus.pdf).
+
+The relese benchmarks for `8.7.2` were performed on tag `8.7.1-pre`, which features identical `cardano-node` components.

reports/authors.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mgmeier:
+  image_url: https://github.com/mgmeier.png
+  name: Michael Karg
+  title: Performance and Tracing Team Lead
+  url: https://github.com/mgmeier