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DBT3 Automation Scripts

DBT-3 (OSDL Database Test 3) is a workload tool for the Linux kernel that OSDL (Open Source Development Labs, inc) developed based on TPC-H which is provided by the Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPC).

DBT-3, like TPC-H, simulates an actual decision-making support system and models complex business analysis applications that perform data processing jobs for making better business decisions. By running the workload that DBT-3 simulates, it is possible to verify and measure the performances of the Linux kernel in an actual decision-making support system.

DBT-3 uses the "scale factor (SF)" as a stress indicator of the system. By varying the SF, it becomes possible to make the size of a database the SF times its size.

The tests performed by DBT-3 comprise the three tests listed below. DBT-3 obtains the execution times of these three tests as well as the system status information and database statistics information.

  1. Load test
    • Enters the data to be used for the Power and Throughput tests into the database. Makes a bulk insert of the huge CSV data corresponding to the scale factor into the database.
  1. Power test
    • Performs 22 complex queries.
  1. Throughput test
    • Performs the same 22 queries as in the Power test simultaneously in more than one process.

For the purpose of this task, only the Power test is performed over preliminary prepared database with various Scale factors. The time for each query execution will be measured and stored into a database. Later the results of one whole test with all 22 queries will be rendered into a histogram graphics comparing it to different configurations.

Benchmark environment preparation

sudo rights

The user that will run the benchmark must have sudo rights on the machine.

For clearing the system caches between query runs, the automation script uses the following command:

sudo /sbin/sysctl vm.drop_caches=3

This command must be run with superuser rights. Even if a user supplies a password to sudo, this password expires after some timeout. In order for this command to be run without requiring password, the following line should be added to the sudoers file (edit it with the "sudo visudo" command):

'your_username' ALL=NOPASSWD:/sbin/sysctl

...where 'your_username' is the user that will run the benchmark.

Required software

The automated DBT3 benchmark requires the following software:

  • Config::Auto a Perl module that reads configuration files. To install it use the following command:
    sudo cpan Config::Auto
    
  • DBD::mysql a Perl module to connect to MariaDB/MySQL and PostgreSQL. To install it use the following command:
    sudo cpan DBD::mysql
    

NOTE: You may receive an error saying that CPAN could not find mysql_config. In this case you have to install the mysql client development library. In OpenSuse the command is:

sudo zypper install libmysqlclient-devel

Alternatively this module can be installed manually by following these steps:

  1. Download DBD-mysql-4.020.tar.gz from http://search.cpan.org/~capttofu/DBD-mysql-4.020/lib/DBD/mysql.pm and unpack it
  1. Run the perl script PerlMake.pl under the unzipped dir:
    perl Makefile.PL --mysql_config=/path/to/some/mysql_binary_distribution/bin/mysql_config
    
  1. Run make to compile DBD::mysql:
    make
    
  1. Add the necessary paths in order to run DBD::mysql:
    export PERL5LIB="/path/to/unzipped_DBD_mysql/DBD-mysql-4.020/lib"
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/path/to/unzipped_DBD_mysql/DBD-mysql-4.020/blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/:/path/to/some/mysql_binary_distribution/lib/"
    

Tested DBMS

NOTE: The DBT3 benchmark requires a lot of disk space (for example MySQL 5.5.x + MyISAM database with scale factor 30 takes about 50 GB). Also some queries require the utilization of temp tables under the directory set by the --tmpdir startup parameter passed to mysqld. In the prepared configuration files the temp directory is pointed to the mysql system directory of the binary distribution, but one should reassure that there is enough free space available for the temp directory.

Installation instructions

NOTE: The directory where all the files will be downloaded or installed will be referred as $PROJECT_HOME. This could be for example ~/benchmark/dbt3.

Download mariadb-tools

  1. Go to your project folder
    cd $PROJECT_HOME
    
  2. Get the latest branch from LaunchPad with Bazaar:
    bzr branch lp:mariadb-tools
    

Now the project for the dbt3 benchmark test will be in the following dir:

$PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/

The project dbt3_benchmark has the following directories and files:

  • config a folder where the configuration files for MariaDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL are stored. They are divided into subfolders named 'sXX', where XX is the scale factor.
  • dbt3_mysql a folder with all the necessary files for preparing DBT3 databases and queries for the tests with MySQL and MariaDB
  • tests a folder where the different test configurations are stored. It contains the following directories:
    • db_conf here are stored the database configuration files
    • queries_conf here are stored the different queries configuration files
    • results_db_conf here is stored the configuration of the results database
    • test_conf here are the test configurations
    • launcher.pl a perl script that automates the test. Details about calling and functionality of this file are listed later on this page.

Prepare benchmark workload and queries

For the purpose of the benchmark from DBT3-1.9 we will only need DBGEN and QGEN. DBGEN is a tool that generates a workload for the test and QGEN is a tool that generates the queries used for the test.

  1. Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/osdldbt/files/dbt3/
  1. Download the archive for DBT3 1.9 into your project folder $PROJECT_HOME
  1. Unzip the archive into your project folder
    cd $PROJECT_HOME
    tar -zxf dbt3-1.9.tar.gz
    
  1. Copy the file tpcd.h into the dbt3 folder. This step includes the necessary labels for MySQL/MariaDB when building queries.
    cp $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/dbt3_mysql/tpcd.h $PROJECT_HOME/dbt3-1.9/src/dbgen/
    
  1. Copy the file Makefile under $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/dbt3_mysql/ into the dbt3 folder
  • NOTE: This step is executed only if you want to overwrite the default behavior of PostgreSQL settings. After copying this Makefile and building the project, QGEN will be set to generate queries for MariaDB/MySQL. If you skip this step, QGEN will generate queries for PostgreSQL by default.
    cp $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/dbt3_mysql/Makefile $PROJECT_HOME/dbt3-1.9/src/dbgen/
    
  1. Go to $PROJECT_HOME/dbt3-1.9/src/dbgen and build the project
    cd $PROJECT_HOME/dbt3-1.9/src/dbgen
    make
    
  1. Set the variable DSS_QUERY to the folder with template queries for MariaDB/MySQL or for PostgreSQL
    1. If you want to build the queries that fit MariaDB/MySQL dialect execute the following command:
      export DSS_QUERY=$PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/dbt3_mysql/mysql_queries/
      
    2. If you want to use the default PostgreSQL templates, execute the following command:
      export DSS_QUERY=$PROJECT_HOME/dbt3-1.9/queries/pgsql/
      
  1. Create a directory to store the generated queries in
    mkdir $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query
    
  1. Generate the queries

NOTE: The examples use scale factor 30. If you want different scale, change the value of -s parameter

  • cd $PROJECT_HOME/dbt3-1.9/src/dbgen
    ./qgen -s 30 1 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/1.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 2 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/2.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 3 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/3.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 4 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/4.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 5 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/5.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 6 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/6.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 7 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/7.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 8 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/8.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 9 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/9.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 10 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/10.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 11 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/11.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 12 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/12.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 13 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/13.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 14 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/14.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 15 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/15.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 16 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/16.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 17 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/17.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 18 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/18.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 19 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/19.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 20 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/20.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 21 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/21.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 22 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/22.sql
    
  1. Generate the explain queries
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 1 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/1_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 2 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/2_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 3 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/3_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 4 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/4_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 5 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/5_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 6 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/6_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 7 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/7_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 8 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/8_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 9 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/9_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 10 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/10_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 11 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/11_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 12 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/12_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 13 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/13_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 14 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/14_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 15 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/15_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 16 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/16_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 17 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/17_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 18 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/18_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 19 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/19_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 20 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/20_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 21 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/21_explain.sql
    ./qgen -s 30 -x 22 > $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/22_explain.sql
    

Now the generated queries for MariaDB/MySQL test are ready and are stored into the folder $PROJECT_HOME/gen_query/s30-m/ (-m is for MariaDB/MySQL).

Additional reorganization of directories is up to the user.

  1. Create a directory for the generated workload
    mkdir $PROJECT_HOME/gen_data/s30
    
  1. Set the variable DSS_PATH to the folder with the generated table data. The generated workload for the test will be generated there.
    export DSS_PATH=$PROJECT_HOME/gen_data/s30/
    
  1. Generate the table data
  • NOTE: The example uses scale factor = 30. If you want to change it, you should change the parameter -s.
    ./dbgen -vfF -s 30
    
  • Now the generated data load is stored into the folder set in $DSS_PATH = $PROJECT_HOME/gen_data/

For the purpose of this benchmark these steps have been performed for scale factor 30 and are stored on facebook-maria1 in the following locations:

  • /benchmark/dbt3/gen_data/s30 the data load for scale factor 30
  • /benchmark/dbt3/gen_query/s30-m generated queries for MariaDB/MySQL with scale factor 30
  • /benchmark/dbt3/gen_query/s30-p generated queries for PostgreSQL with scale factor 30

See DBT3 example preparation time to see how long it would take you to prepare the databases for the test.

Download MySQL 5.5.x

  1. Download the tar.gz file into your project folder $PROJECT_HOME/bin/ for example
  1. Unzip the archive with the following command:
    gunzip < mysql-5.5.x-linux2.6-x86_64.tar.gz |tar xf -
    

Now the server could be started with the following command:

$PROJECT_HOME/bin/mysql-5.5.x-linux2.6-x86_64/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=some/data/dir &

Download MySQL 5.6.x

  1. Download the tar.gz file into your project folder $PROJECT_HOME/bin/ for example
  1. Unzip the archive with the following command:
    gunzip < mysql-5.6.x-m5-linux2.6-x86_64.tar.gz |tar xf -
    

Now the server could be started with the following command:

$PROJECT_HOME/bin/mysql-5.6.x-m5-linux2.6-x86_64/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=some/data/dir &

Download and build MariaDB 5.3.x / MariaDB 5.5.x

NOTE: These steps are the same for MariaDB 5.5.x with properly replaced version numbers

  1. Download with Bazaar the mariadb 5.3 project
    bzr branch lp:maria/5.3
    mv 5.3/ mariadb-5.3
    
  1. Build MariaDB
    cd mariadb-5.3/
    ./BUILD/compile-amd64-max
    
  1. Build a binary distribution tar.gz file
    ./scripts/make_binary_distribution
    
  1. Move the generated tar.gz file and unzip it to $PROJECT_HOME/bin from where it will be used by the automation script
    mv mariadb-5.3.x-beta-linux-x86_64.tar.gz $PROJECT_HOME/bin/
    cd $PROJECT_HOME/bin/
    tar -xf mariadb-5.3.x-beta-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
    

Now the server could be started with the following command:

$PROJECT_HOME/bin/mariadb-5.3.x-beta-linux-x86_64/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=some/data/dir &

Prepare the databases for the benchmark

NOTE: These instructions are the same for MariaDB, MySQL 5.5.x and MySQL 5.6.x with changing only the database home folders, noted here as $DB_HOME (for example for MySQL 5.5.x $DB_HOME is $PROJECT_HOME/bin/mysql-5.5.x-linux2.6-x86_64). Also you can prepare InnoDB storage engine test databases. Instructions for preparing PostgreSQL could be found in the section for downloading, building and preparing PostgreSQL later on this page.

  1. Open the file $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/dbt3_mysql/make-dbt3-db_innodb.sql and edit the values for the call of the sql commands that look like this one:
    LOAD DATA INFILE '/some/path/to/gen_data/nation.tbl' into table nation fields terminated by '|';
    
  • They all look the same but operate with different tables.
  • Replace "/some/path/to/gen_data/" with the proper directory where the generated data load is stored. At the end the same command could look like this:
    LOAD DATA INFILE '~/benchmark/dbt3/gen_data/s30/nation.tbl' into table nation fields terminated by '|';
    
  1. Create an empty MySQL database into a folder that will be used for the benchmark
    cd $DB_HOME
    ./scripts/mysql_install_db --defaults-file=$PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/config/s30/load_mysql_myisam_my.cnf --basedir=$DB_HOME --datadir=$PROJECT_HOME/db_data/myisam-s30/
    
  • NOTE: For InnoDB change the defaults-file to load_mysql_innodb_my.cnf.
  1. Start the mysqld process./bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=$PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/config/s30/load_mysql_myisam_my.cnf --tmpdir=$PROJECT_HOME/temp/ --socket=$PROJECT_HOME/temp/mysql.sock --datadir=$PROJECT_HOME/db_data/myisam-s30/ &
  • NOTE: For InnoDB change the defaults-file to load_mysql_innodb_my.cnf. Also make sure that you have enough space in the directory set by the parameter --tmpdir, since loading the database could take a lot of temporary space.
  1. Load the data into the database by executing the file make-dbt3-db_pre_create_PK.sql (for InnoDB) or make-dbt3-db_post_create_PK.sql (for MyISAM)./bin/mysql -u root -S $PROJECT_HOME/temp/mysql.sock < $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/dbt3_mysql/make-dbt3-db_post_create_PK.sql
  • NOTE: For faster creation, it is recommended to use make-dbt3-db_pre_create_PK.sql for loading InnoDB and make-dbt3-db_post_create_PK.sql for loading MyISAM databases.
  1. Shutdown the database server:
    ./bin/mysqladmin --user=root --socket=$PROJECT_HOME/temp/mysql.sock shutdown 0
    

Now you have a database loaded with scale 30. Its datadir is $PROJECT_HOME/db_data/myisam-s30/

The same steps can be reproduced for different scale factors and for different storage engines.

Download, build and prepare PostgreSQL

  1. Go to http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v9.1rc1/
  1. Download the file under the link postgresql-9.1rc1.tar.gz
  1. Unzip the archive to your project folder
    gunzip < postgresql-9.1rc1.tar.gz |tar xf -
    
  1. Execute the following commnads into the shell to install PostgreSQL:
    mkdir $PROJECT_HOME/PostgreSQL_bin
    cd $PROJECT_HOME/postgresql-9.1rc1 
    ./configure --prefix=$PROJECT_HOME/bin/PostgreSQL_bin 
    make
    make install
    
  • NOTE: Configure script may not find the following libraries: readline and zlib. In that case you can run configure without these libraries by adding the following parameters to the command line: --without-readline --without-zlib
  1. Prepare the database to test with:
    mkdir $PROJECT_HOME/db_data/postgre_s30
    cd $PROJECT_HOME/bin/PostgreSQL_bin
    ./bin/initdb -D $PROJECT_HOME/db_data/postgre_s30
    
  1. Start the server:
    ./bin/postgres -D $PROJECT_HOME/db_data/postgre_s30 -p 54322 &
    
  1. Load the dataload into the DB
    ./bin/createdb -O {YOUR_USERNAME} dbt3 -p 54322
    ./bin/psql -p 54322 -d dbt3 -f $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/dbt3_mysql/make-dbt3-db_pg.sql
    
  • NOTE: Here under {YOUR_USERNAME} you should put the database owner.
  1. Stop the server:
./bin/pg_ctl -D $PROJECT_HOME/db_data/postgre_s30/ -p 54322 stop

The steps for preparing the workload for the benchmark on facebook-maria1 are already made for MariaDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL. Here are the directories for the different DBMS, storage engines and scale factors that are prepared on facebook-maria1:

  • ~/benchmark/dbt3/db_data/myisam_s30 datadir for MariaDB/MySQL + MyISAM with scale factor 30
  • ~/benchmark/dbt3/db_data/innodb_mariadb_s30 datadir for MariaDB + InnoDB with scale factor 30 (TODO)
  • ~/benchmark/dbt3/db_data/innodb_mysql_s30 datadir for MySQL + InnoDB with scale factor 30 (TODO)
  • ~/benchmark/dbt3/db_data/postgre_s30 datadir for PostgreSQL with scale factor 30 (TODO)

Prepare the results database

The results of the benchmark will be stored in a separate database that will be run by MariaDB 5.3.x.

NOTE: The results database will be a subject to change in future versions of the DBT3 benchmarking project.

The database is created by the file $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/dbt3_mysql/make-results-db.sql. In that file you can find details about every table and column in the database.

To prepare the database for work follow these steps:

  1. Go to MariaDB 5.3.x installation directory
    cd $PROJECT_HOME/bin/mariadb-5.3.x-beta-linux-x86_64
    
  1. Install the system database tables into the datadir for the results (for example $PROJECT_HOME/db_data/dbt3_results_db)
    ./scripts/mysql_install_db --datadir=$PROJECT_HOME/db_data/dbt3_results_db
    
  1. Start mysqld for results db
    ./bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=$PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/config/results_mariadb_my.cnf --port=12340 --socket=$PROJECT_HOME/temp/mysql_results.sock  --datadir=$PROJECT_HOME/db_data/dbt3_results_db/ &
    
  1. Install the database
    ./bin/mysql -u root -P 12340 -S $PROJECT_HOME/temp/mysql_results.sock < $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/dbt3_mysql/make-results-db.sql
    
  1. Shutdown the results db server:
    ./bin/mysqladmin --user=root --port=12340 --socket=$PROJECT_HOME/temp/mysql_results.sock shutdown 0
    

Automation script

Configuring and running a benchmark

In order to run a benchmark, one should have:

Details about each of these is given in the following sections.

Each benchmark is configured by a set of configuration files. One can find example (default) configuration files under the directory 'mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests'. Each configuration file has an 'ini' configuration syntax and is parsed by the perl automation script with the CPAN module Config::Auto

Configuration keywords

Every configuration file could contain keywords that will be replaced by the script with particular values. They are used for convenience when you want to make your configuration files more common to the environment that you have prepared for the benchmark. These keywords are:

  • $PROJECT_HOME used as the directory where the project 'mariadb-tools' is located or as a base path for the whole project (e.g. "DBMS_HOME = $PROJECT_HOME/bin/mariadb-5.3.x-beta-linux-x86_64"). It is replaced by the value set with the startup parameter 'project-home' passed to launcher.pl,
  • $DATADIR_HOME used as the directory where the datadir folders are located for the benchmark (e.g. "$DATADIR_HOME/myisam-s30"). It is replaced by the value set with the startup parameter 'datadir-home' passed to launcher.pl.
  • $QUERIES_HOME used as the directory where the queries are located (e.g. "$QUERIES_HOME/s30-m" queries for MariaDB/MySQL for scale factor 30). It is replaced by the value set with the startup parameter 'queries-home' passed to launcher.pl.
  • $SCALE_FACTOR the scale factor that will be used. It is usually a part of the name of the datadir directory (e.g. "$DATADIR_HOME/myisam-s$SCALE_FACTOR"), the queries directory (e.g. "$QUERIES_HOME/s$SCALE_FACTOR-m") or the database configuration directory (e.g. $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/config/s$SCALE_FACTOR). It is replaced by the value set with the startup parameter 'scale-factor' passed to launcher.pl.

Note that if any of the configuration files contains such keyword, the corresponding startup parameter passed to launcher.pl will become required.

Top-level configuration

A top-level configuration file provides paths to the Test, DBMS, Queries and Results database configurations files

There are default configuration files in the directory mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/ and contain the following settings:

ParameterDescription
RESULTS_DB_CONFIGThe configuration file for results DB settings
TEST_CONFIGThe configuration file for the test settings
QUERIES_CONFIGThe configuration file for the queries settings
DB_CONFIGThe configuration file for the DBMS server settigns

This file has the following format:

[common]
RESULTS_DB_CONFIG  = $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/results_db_conf/results_db.conf
TEST_CONFIG        = $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/test_conf/test_myisam.conf

[mariadb_5_3]
QUERIES_CONFIG 	= $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/queries_conf/queries.conf
DB_CONFIG 	= $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/db_conf/db_mariadb_5_3_myisam.conf

[mysql_5_5]
QUERIES_CONFIG 	= $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/queries_conf/queries_mysql.conf
DB_CONFIG 	= $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/db_conf/db_mysql_5_5_myisam.conf
...

NOTE: The settings RESULTS_DB_CONFIG and TEST_CONFIG should be set under the [common] section. They are common for the whole test (although some settings from TEST_CONFIG could be overridden in the QUERIES_CONFIG file). All settings that combine QUERIES_CONFIG and DB_CONFIG should be in a separate section (e.g. [mariadb_5_3]).

A test configuration is passed as an input parameter to the automation script with the parameter --test=/path/to/some_test_configuration.conf (see #script-startup-parameters)

DBMS server configuration

These configuration files contain settings that describe the benchmarked DBMS. They are usually contained into the folder mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/db_conf.

Here is the list of parameters that could be set into this configuration file:

ParameterDescription
DBMS_HOMEWhere the instalation folder of MariaDB / MySQL / PostgreSQL is located.

NOTE: The automation script uses "./bin/mysqld_safe" to start the mysqld process. So the versions of MariaDB and MySQL should be a "binary distribution" ones.
DBMS_USERThe database user that will be used.
CONFIG_FILEThe config file that mysqld or postgres will use when starting
SOCKETThe socket that will be used to start the server
PORTThe port that the server will be started on
HOSTThe host where the server is located
DATADIRWhere the datadir for mysqld or postgres is located
TMPDIRWhere the temp tables will be created while sorting and grouping.
DBNAMEThe database (schema) name where the benchmark tables are located.
KEYWORDThis text will be stored into the results database as a keyword. Also will be used as a name for a subfolder with results and statistics.
DBMSDatabase Management System that will be used. Possible values: "MySQL", "MariaDB" and "PostgreSQL"
STORAGE_ENGINEThe storage engine that was used (MyISAM, InnoDB, etc.)
STARTUP_PARAMSAny startup parameters that will be used while starting the mysqld process or postgres process. Same format as given on the command line.
GRAPH_HEADINGThe heading of the graphic for that particular test.
MYSQL_SYSTEM_DIRSee "MYSQL_SYSTEM_DIR note", below.
READ_ONLYIf set to 1, mysqld process will be started with '--read-only' startup parameter
PRE_RUN_SQLSQL commands that are run prior each query run
POST_RUN_SQLSQL commands that are run after each query run
PRE_TEST_SQLSQL commands that are run prior the whole test with that database settings
POST_TEST_SQLSQL commands that are run after the whole test with that database settings

MYSQL_SYSTEM_DIR note:

This option is added for convenience when you want to save time and disk space for generating databases for different DBMS (and different versions) and use a single data directory for all of them. When running different versions of MariaDB/MySQL over a single datadir, one should run mysql-upgrade in order to fix the system tables. So in one data directory, you could prepare the following directories for different MariaDB/MySQL system directories:

  • mysql_mysql_5_5 a copy of the system directory 'mysql' upgraded by MySQL 5.5.x
  • mysql_mariadb_5_3 a copy of the system directory 'mysql' upgraded by MariaDB 5.3.x
  • mysql_mariadb_5_5 a copy of the system directory 'mysql' upgraded by MariaDB 5.5.x

If MYSQL_SYSTEM_DIR is set to one of these directories, the automation script will unlink the current system directory 'mysql' and make a new symbolic link with that name to the one in the setting.

Here is an example command that will be executed:

unlink /path/to/datadir/mysql
ln -s /path/to/value/in/MYSQL_SYSTEM_DIR/mysql_mariadb_5_3 /path/to/datadir/mysql


NOTE: This approach is suitable for MyISAM tests.

The configuration file looks like this:

[db_settings]
DBMS_HOME	= $PROJECT_HOME/bin/mariadb-5.3.2-beta-linux-x86_64
DBMS_USER	= root
...

Note that the section [db_settings] is required for the file to be properly parsed by the automation script.

Test configuration

These configuration files contain settings describing the test. They are usually contained into the folder mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/test_conf.

Here is the list of parameters that could be set into this configuration file:

ParameterDescription
QUERIES_AT_ONCEIf set to 1, then all the queries are executed sequentially without restarting the server or clearing the caches between queries.
CLEAR_CACHESIf set to 1, the disk caches will be cleared before each query test.
WARMUPPerform a warm-up runs before running the query.
EXPLAINRun an Explain command prior the run of the query. The explain results will be stored in a file under the results output directory.
RUNPerform the actual test
ANALYZE_EXPLAINA result extraction mechanism where only the best execution plan (results from EXPLAIN select) will be measured. It is designed to be used when benchmarking InnoDB storage engine where execution plan is changing between server restarts (see #results-extraction-mechanisms).
MIN_MAX_OUT_OF_NA result extraction mechanism where the minimal and maximal values out of N (set by the parameter NUM_TESTS) tests are taken as a result. This could be used when InnoDB storage engine is tested (see #results-extraction-mechanisms).
SIMPLE_AVERAGEA result extraction mechanism where the final result is the average time taken for the tests. The number of tests is per query is set by the NUM_TESTS parameter. Note that if even one test has timed out, the result is 'time-out'. This is used when testing MyISAM storage engine since there the execution plan is constant (see #results-extraction-mechanisms).
NUM_TESTSHow many tests should be performed for each query. When ANALYZE_EXPLAIN is set, this value could be set to 0, meaning that the tests will continue until enough results are extracted (see setting CLUSTER_SIZE). This parameter is very important when MIN_MAX_OUT_OF_N or SIMPLE_AVERAGE is selected.
MAX_SKIPPED_TESTSWhen ANALYZE_EXPLAIN is set and an execution plan that is slower is selected, the execution of the query is skipped and the server is restarted in order to change the execution plan. If the server is restarted more than MAX_SKIPPED_TESTS, there are obviously no more different execution plans and the script continues to the next query benchmark.
WARMUPS_COUNTHow many warmup runs will be performed prior the actual benchmark run.
CLUSTER_SIZEHow big a cluster with results for a query should be in order to extract the final result. It is used when ANALYZE_EXPLAIN is selected as a result extraction method.
MAX_QUERY_TIMEThe maximum time that one query will be tested. Currently it is applicable only when ANALYZE_EXPLAIN is selected.
TIMEOUTThe maximum time that one query could run. Currently timeout is applicable only for MySQL and MariaDB.
OS_STATS_INTERVALWhat is the time interval between extraction of OS statistics for CPU, memory, etc.
PRE_RUN_OSOS commands that should be executed prior each query run
POST_RUN_OSOS commands that should be executed after each query run
PRE_TEST_OSOS commands that should be executed prior the whole test
POST_TEST_OSOS commands that should be executed after the whole test is complete

The configuration file looks like this:

QUERIES_AT_ONCE = 0
CLEAR_CACHES	= 1
WARMUP		= 0
...

Queries configuration

These configuration files contain the list of all the queries that will be benchmarked against each database. Some settings from DBMS server configuration and Test configuration could be overridden into the Queries configuration files. The folder that contains such configurations is mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/queries_conf.

Here is the list of parameters that could be set into this configuration file:

ParameterDescription
QUERIES_HOMEWhere the queries are located on disk. This value is concatenated to the QUERY setting and this makes the path to the particular query. NOTE: This setting should be set under the section [queries_settings].
CONFIG_FILEThis overrides the startup setting CONFIG_FILE from DMBS server configuration file and sets the database configuration file that is used. It could be used if some configuration file without any optimizations should be set for this particular queries configuration file.

NOTE: This setting should be set under the section [queries_settings].
QUERYThe name of the query located into QUERIES_HOME folder. E.g. "1.sql"
EXPLAIN_QUERYThe name of the explain query into QUERIES_HOME folder. E.g. "1_explain.sql"
TMPDIRThis overrides the setting TMPDIR from the DMBS server configuration.
STARTUP_PARAMSThis overrides the setting STARTUP_PARAMS from the DMBS server configuration. Using this setting one could change the particular startup parameters (like optimizations and buffers) for the DB server.
PRE_RUN_SQLThis overrides the setting PRE_RUN_SQL from the DMBS server configuration.
POST_RUN_SQLThis overrides the setting POST_RUN_SQL from the DMBS server configuration.
RUNThis overrides the setting RUN from the test configuration.
EXPLAINThis overrides the setting EXPLAIN from the test configuration.
TIMEOUTThis overrides the setting TIMEOUT from the test configuration.
NUM_TESTSThis overrides the setting NUM_TESTS from the test configuration.
MAX_SKIPPED_TESTSThis overrides the setting MAX_SKIPPED_TESTS from the test configuration.
WARMUPThis overrides the setting WARMUP from the test configuration.
WARMUPS_COUNTThis overrides the setting WARMUPS_COUNT from the test configuration.
MAX_QUERY_TIMEThis overrides the setting MAX_QUERY_TIME from the test configuration.
CLUSTER_SIZEThis overrides the setting CLUSTER_SIZE from the test configuration.
PRE_RUN_OSThis overrides the setting PRE_RUN_OS from the test configuration.
POST_RUN_OSThis overrides the setting POST_RUN_OS from the test configuration.
OS_STATS_INTERVALThis overrides the setting OS_STATS_INTERVAL from the test configuration.

The queries configuration file could look like this:

[queries_settings]
QUERIES_HOME = /path/to/queries

[query1]
QUERY=1.sql
EXPLAIN_QUERY=1_explain.sql
STARTUP_PARAMS=

[query2]
QUERY=2.sql
EXPLAIN_QUERY=2_explain.sql
STARTUP_PARAMS=--optimizer_switch='mrr=on' --mrr_buffer_size=8M --some_startup_parmas
...

...where "QUERIES_HOME = /path/to/queries" could be replaced with "QUERIES_HOME = $QUERIES_HOME/s$SCALE_FACTOR-m" for example and thus $QUERIES_HOME and $SCALE_FACTOR will be replaced by the script startup parameters passed to launcher.pl (see #script-startup-parameters)

NOTE: The section [queries_settings] is required for the configuration file to be parsed correctly. Also each query settings should be set under an uniquely named configuration section (e.g. [query1] or [1.sql])

Results database configuration

These configuration files contain settings about the database where the results will be stored. They are usually contained into the folder mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/results_db_conf.

Here is the list of parameters that could be set into this configuration file:

ParameterDescription
DBMS_HOMEWhere the database directory is located. E.g. "$PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-5.3.x-beta-linux-x86_64". This should be a binary distribution of MariaDB or MySQL.
DBMS_USERThe user that will be used by the DBMS
DATADIRWhere the data directory is located for the results database
CONFIG_FILEWhat the configuration file used by the database is.
SOCKETThe socket that will be used by the results database. This should be different socket than the one provided for the testing databases.
PORTThe port that the results database will use. This should be different port than the one provided for the testing databases.
STARTUP_PARAMSAny startup parameters that should be set to start the server.
DBNAMEThe database name to use.
HOSTThe host where the results database is.

The results database configuration could look like this:

DBMS_HOME	= $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-5.3.x-beta-linux-x86_64
DBMS_USER	= root
...

Script startup parameters

launcher.pl could accept startup parameters called in the manner "--some-param". Note that these startup parameters are case-sensitive. The ones that are with upper-case are used when overriding a setting in some of the configuration files.

Here is a list of the startup parameters:

ParameterDescription
testThe top-level benchmark configuration file that will be run. This is a required startup parameter.
results-output-dirWhere the results of the benchmark will be stored. A timestamp is automatically attached to the directory name so that it keeps track of time and date of the benchmark. This is a required parameter.
dry-runIf set, no benchmark will be performed. Instead only messages will be displayed for the actions that were intended to be done.
project-homeRequired if any configuration file uses the variable '$PROJECT_HOME'. If all configuration files use absolute paths, not used.
datadir-homeThe value in this parameter will replace any occurrences of the string '$DATADIR_HOME' into the configuration files. If there are no such occurances, it is not a required parameter.
queries-homeThe value in this parameter will replace any occurrences of the string '$QUERIES_HOME' into the configuration files. If there are no such occurances, it is not a required parameter.
scale-factorThe value in this parameter will replace any occurrences of the string '$SCALE_FACTOR' into the configuration files. If there are no such occurances, it is not a required parameter.
CLEAR_CACHESIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
QUERIES_AT_ONCEIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
RUNIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
EXPLAINIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
TIMEOUTIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
NUM_TESTSIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
MAX_SKIPPED_TESTSIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
WARMUPIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
WARMUPS_COUNTIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
MAX_QUERY_TIMEIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
CLUSTER_SIZEIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
PRE_RUN_OSIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
POST_RUN_OSIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.
OS_STATS_INTERVALIf set. this overrides the default setting set into the test configuration file.

Results extraction mechanisms

There are three possible result extraction mechanisms. They are set by the parameters set into the test configuration file:

  • ANALYZE_EXPLAIN
  • MIN_MAX_OUT_OF_N
  • SIMPLE_AVERAGE

Only one of these should be set to true (1).

ANALYZE_EXPLAIN is used for benchmarking InnoDB storage engine where the execution plan could change for the same query when the server is restarted. It is designed to run the query only with the fastest execution plan. This means that the server is restarted if the current execution plan is proven slower than the other. As a final result is taken the result for the query plan that turns out to be fastest and there are at least CLUSTER_SIZE tests with it for that query. By setting the configuration parameter NUM_TESTS you can set a maximum test runs that when reached will get the best cluster's average time (even if it is less than CLUSTER_SIZE). Also when a timeout for that query (MAX_QUERY_TIME) is reached, the scoring mechanism will return the best available cluster result.

MIN_MAX_OUT_OF_N is also used for benchmarking InnoDB storage engine. As a result are stored the values for the fastest and the slowest run. It is assumed that when the execution plan has changed it has different execution plan and we are interested only in the min and max time.

SIMPLE_AVERAGE is used for benchmarking storage engines that do not change the execution plan between restarts like MyISAM. The final result is the average execution time from all the test runs for the query.

Results graphics

After each query test run, the result is stored into a file named results.dat located into {RESULTS_OUTPUT_DIR}. This file is designed to be easy to be read by the plotting program Gnuplot 4.4. It is divided into blocks, separated by several new lines. Each block starts with a comment line containing details for the current block of results.

Queries that have timed out have a value of 100000 so that they run out of the graphics and are cut off. Other queries have their real times (in seconds) starting from 0. The graphics is cut off on the y-axis on the longest time for completed test + 20%. For example if the longest time is 100 seconds, the graphics is cut-off to 120 seconds. Thus the timed out queries will be truncated by this limitation and will seem as really timed out.

During the test run, a gnuplot script file is generated with the necessary parameters for the graphics to be generated automatically. After each query test run is complete, the graphic is regenerated, so that the user can see the current results before the whole benchmark is complete. This file is called gnuplot_script.txt and is located into {RESULTS_OUTPUT_DIR}. The user can edit it to fine-tune the parameters or headings after the test is complete so that one could get the look and feel he/she wants for the final result.

Script output

Benchmark output

In the directory set by the parameter {RESULTS_OUTPUT_DIR} (example: /benchmark/dbt3/results/myisam_test_2011-12-08_191427/) there are the following files/directories:

  • A directory for each test, named as the parameter {KEYWORD} from the test configuration (example: mariadb-5-3-2)
  • cpu_info.txt the output of "/bin/cat /proc/cpuinfo" OS command
  • uname.txt the output of "uname -a" OS command
  • results.dat the results of each query execution in one file. This file will be used as a datafile for the gnuplot script. It also contains the ratio between the current test and the first one.
  • gnuplot_script.txt the Gnuplot script that renders the graphics.
  • graphics.jpeg the output graphics
  • A benchmark configuration file (example: myisam_test_mariadb_5_3_mysql_5_5_mysql_5_6.conf) copied from mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/
  • A results database configuration file (example: results_db.conf) copied from mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/results_db_conf/
  • A test configuration file (example: test_myisam.conf) copied from mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/test_conf/

Test output

In the subdirectory for the particular test, set by the parameter {KEYWORD} (example: /benchmark/dbt3/results/myisam_test_2011-12-08_191427/mariadb-5-3-2/), there are the following files:

  • pre_test_os_resutls.txt - the output of the OS commands (if any) executed before the first query run for that test
  • pre_test_sql_resutls.txt - the output of the SQL commands (if any) executed before the first query run for that test
  • post_test_os_resutls.txt - the output of the OS commands (if any) executed after the last query run for that test
  • post_test_sql_resutls.txt - the output of the SQL commands (if any) executed after the last query run for that test
  • all_explains.txt - a file containing all the explain queries, their startup parameters for the benchmark and the explain result
  • The config file (my.cnf) that was passed to mysqld or postgres (example: mariadb_myisam_my.cnf) copied from mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/config/s$SCALE_FACTOR/
  • The queries configuration file (example: ''queries-mariadb.conf'') copied from mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/queries_conf/
  • The database configuration file (example: ''db_mariadb_5_3_myisam.conf'') copied from mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/db_conf/

Query output

For each query execution there are several files that are outputted by the automation script. They are all saved under the subdirectory set by the parameters {KEYWORD}:

  • Explain result - a file named '{query_name}_{number_of_query_run}_results.txt' (example: '1_explain.sql_1_results.txt' first test for 1_explain.sql)
  • Pre-run OS commands - OS commands, executed before the actual query run. Output is a file named 'pre_run_os_q_{query_name}_no_{number_of_query_run}_results.txt' (example: 'pre_run_os_q_1.sql_no_2_results.txt' second test for query 1.sql)
  • Pre-run SQL commands - SQL commands executed before the actual query run. Output is a file named 'pre_run_sql_q_{query_name}_no_{number_of_query_run}_results.txt'.
  • Post-run OS commands - OS commands, executed after the actual query run. Output is a file named 'post_run_os_q_{query_name}_no_{number_of_query_run}_results.txt'.
  • Post-run SQL commands - SQL commands executed after the actual query run. Output is a file named 'post_run_sql_q_{query_name}_no_{number_of_query_run}_results.txt'.
  • CPU utilization statistics: '{query_name}_no_{number_of_query_run}_sar_u.txt'
  • I/O and transfer rate statistics: '{query_name}_no_{number_of_query_run}_sar_b.txt'
  • Memory utilization statistics: '{query_name}_no_{number_of_query_run}_sar_r.txt'

Hooks

The automation script provides hooks that allow the user to add both SQL and OS commands prior and after each test. Here is a list of all possible hooks:

  • Pre-test SQL hook: it is set with the parameter PRE_TEST_SQL. Contains SQL commands that are run once for the whole test configuration before the first run. (Example: "use dbt3; select version(); show variables; show engines; show table status; ")
  • Post-test SQL hook: it is set with the parameter POST_TEST_SQL. Contains SQL commands that are run once for the whole test configuration after the last run.
  • Pre-test OS hook: it is set with the parameter PRE_TEST_OS. Contains OS commands that are run once for the whole test configuration before the first run.
  • Post-test OS hook: it is set with the parameter POST_TEST_OS. Contains OS commands that are run once for the whole test configuration after the last run.
  • Pre-run SQL hook: it is set with the parameter PRE_RUN_SQL. Contains SQL commands that are run prior each query run. (Example: "flush status; set global userstat=on; ")
  • Post-run SQL hook: it is set with the parameter POST_RUN_SQL. Contains SQL commands that are run after each query run. (Example: "show status; select * from information_schema.TABLE_STATISTICS; ")
  • Pre-run OS hook: it is set with the parameter PRE_RUN_OS. Contains OS commands that are run once prior each query run.
  • Post-run OS hook: it is set with the parameter POST_RUN_OS. Contains OS commands that are run once after each query run.

The results of these commands is stored into the {RESULTS_OUTPUT_DIR}/{KEYWORD} folder (see #script-output)

Activities

Here are the main activities that this script does:

  1. Parse the configuration files and check the input parameters - if any of the required parameters is missing, the script will stop resulting an error.
  2. Collect hardware information - collecting information about the hardware of the machine that the benchmark is run. Currently it collects cpuinfo and uname. Results of these commands are stored into the results output directory set as an input parameter
  3. Loop through the passed test configurations

    For each passed in test configuration the script does the following:
    1. Start the results database server. The results of the test are stored into that database.
    2. Clears the caches on the server

      Clearing the caches is done with the following command:
      sudo /sbin/sysctl vm.drop_caches=3
      
      • NOTE: In order to clear the caches, the user is required to have sudo rights and the following line should be added to the sudoers file (edit it with "sudo vusudo" command):
        {your_username} ALL=NOPASSWD:/sbin/sysctl
        
    3. Start the database server
    4. Perform pre-test SQL commands. The results are stored under results_output_dir/{KEYWORD} folder and are called pre_test_sql_results.txt. {KEYWORD} is a unique keyword for the current database configuration.
    5. Perform pre-test OS commands. The results are stored under results_output_dir/{KEYWORD} folder and are called pre_test_os_results.txt.
      • NOTE: If in the test configuration the setting QUERIES_AT_ONCE is set to 0, then the server is restarted between each query run. Thus the steps 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 are executed only once right before step 3.6.2.
    6. Read all query configurations and execute the following for each of them:
      1. Check the test configuration parameters. If something is wrong with some required parameter, the program will exit resulting an error.
      2. Get the server version if that's the first run of the query
      3. Perform pre-run OS commands in shell. The results of these queries are stored into a file named pre_run_os_q_{QUERY}_no_{RUN_NO}_results.txt under results_output_dir/{KEYWORD} where {QUERY} is the query name (ex: 1.sql), {RUN_NO} is the sequential run number and {KEYWORD} is a unique keyword for the particular test configuration.
      4. Perform pre-run SQL queries. The results of these queries are stored into a file named pre_run_sql_q_{QUERY}_no_{RUN_NO}_results.txt under results_output_dir/{KEYWORD} where {QUERY} is the query name (ex: 1.sql), {RUN_NO} is the sequential run number and {KEYWORD} is a unique keyword for the particular test configuration.
      5. Perform warm-up runs if set into the test configuration file
      6. Perform actual test run and measure time.
        • During this step, a new child process is created in order to measure the statistics of the OS. Currently the statistics being collected are:
          • CPU utilization statistics. The command for this is:
            sar -u 0 2>null
            
          • I/O and transfer rate statistics. The command for this is:
            sar -b 0 2>null
            
          • Memory utilization statistics. The command for this is:
            sar -r 0 2>null
            
        • These statistics are measured every N seconds, where N is set with the OS_STATS_INTERVAL test configuration parameter.
        • The test run for MariaDB and MySQL has an implemented mechanism for cut-off when timeout exceeds. It is controlled with the TIMEOUT test parameter. Currently for PostgreSQL there is no such functionality and should be implemented in future versions.
      7. Execute the "explain" statement for that query.
        • NOTE: Running EXPLAIN queries with MySQL prior version 5.6.3 could result in long running queries since MySQL has to execute the whole query when there are nested selects in it. For MariaDB and PostgreSQL there is no such problem. The long-running explain queries are for queries #7, 8, 9, 13 and 15. For that reason in MySQL prior version 5.6.3 for these queries no EXPLAIN selects should be executed.
      8. Perform post-run SQL queries
      9. Perform post-run OS commands in shell
      10. Log the results into the results database
      11. A graphics with the current results is generated using Gnuplot
    7. Shutdown the database server.
    8. Perform post-test SQL commands. The results are stored under results_output_dir/{KEYWORD} folder and are called post_test_sql_results.txt.
    9. Perform post-test OS commands. The results are stored under results_output_dir/{KEYWORD} folder and are called post_test_os_results.txt.
    10. Stop the results database server

Script calling examples

  • Example call for MyISAM test for scale factor 30 and timeout 10 minutes:
    perl launcher.pl \
    --project-home=/path/to/project/home/ \
    --results-output-dir=/path/to/project/home/results/myisam_test \
    --datadir=/path/to/project/home/db_data/ \
    --test=/path/to/project/home/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/myisam_test_mariadb_5_3_mysql_5_5_mysql_5_6.conf \
    --queries-home=/path/to/project/home/gen_query/ \
    --scale-factor=30 \
    --TIMEOUT=600
    

...where /path/to/project/home is where the mariadb-tools project is located. This will replace all occurrences of the string "$PROJECT_HOME" in the configuration files (example: "TMPDIR = $PROJECT_HOME/temp/" will become "TMPDIR = /path/to/project/home/temp/").

--TIMEOUT overrides the timeout setting into the test configuration file to 10 minutes.

  • Example for InnoDB test for scale factor 30 with 2 hours timeout per query and 3 runs for each query:
    perl launcher.pl \
    --project-home=/path/to/project/home/ \
    --results-output-dir=/path/to/project/home/results/innodb_test \
    --datadir=/path/to/project/home/db_data/ \
    --test=/path/to/project/home/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/innodb_test_mariadb_5_3_mysql_5_5_mysql_5_6.conf \
    --queries-home=/path/to/project/home/gen_query/ \
    --scale-factor=30 \
    --TIMEOUT=7200 \
    --NUM_TESTS=3
    
  • If a newer version of MariaDB 5.5 is available:
    • copy or edit the DMBS server configuration file mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/db_conf/db_mariadb_5_5_myisam.conf and change the parameter DBMS_HOME to the new binary distribution. You can also edit KEYWORD and GRAPH_HEADING
  • If you want to add additional test in the MyISAM benchmark for MariaDB 5.3, but with another defaults-file (my.cnf):
    • copy or edit the DMBS server configuration file mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/db_conf/db_mariadb_5_3_myisam.conf and change the parameter CONFIG_FILE to the new my.cnf
    • copy or edit the test configuration file mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/myisam_test_mariadb_5_3_mysql_5_5_mysql_5_6.conf and add the new configuration settings:
      [mariadb_5_3_new_configuration]
      QUERIES_CONFIG = $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/queries_conf/queries-mariadb.conf
      DB_CONFIG 	= $PROJECT_HOME/mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/db_conf/db_mariadb_5_3_myisam_new_configuration.conf
      
  • If you want to add additional startup parameters for query 6 for MariaDB for example:
    • copy or edit the file mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/queries_conf/queries-mariadb.conf and add a parameter "STARTUP_PARAMS=--optimizer_switch='mrr=on' --mrr_buffer_size=96M" for example for the section for query 6.
    • copy or edit the test configuration file mariadb-tools/dbt3_benchmark/tests/myisam_test_mariadb_5_3_mysql_5_5_mysql_5_6.conf to include the new queries configuration file

Results

MyISAM test

DBT3 benchmark for the following configuration:

Results page: DBT3 benchmark results MyISAM

InnoDB test

DBT3 benchmark for the following configuration:

Results page: DBT3 benchmark results InnoDB

PostgreSQL test

DBT3 benchmark for the following configuration:

Results page: (TODO)

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