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On shared VM clusters, interleave compared configs instead of running them back to back

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benchmarking · methodology · shared-infrastructure

Running a multi-hour benchmark config-by-config (all Strong runs, then hours later all Eventual runs) let time-varying noise from shared virtual storage contaminate the comparison: fsync stalls spread to more VMs in the evening (deadline night, other tenants), and a config that should be faster (R=W=2) measured slower than Strong at low concurrency. When configs can be switched without reloading data, interleave them per trial (A,B,A,B...) so drift hits all variants equally; when switching forces a reload, at least record timestamps and per-node timeout counts so the confound can be reported.