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Instructions for running BenchmarkSQL on PostgreSQL

0. Requirements

Use of JDK7 is required. If you want to use reporting features you also need R and the following modules : For reporting (and also computing values), need to install R with following packages :

  • jsonlite
  • tidyverse
  • lubridate
  • ggplot2
  • hrbrthemes
  • viridis
  • htmlwidgets

1. Create the benchmarksql user and a database

As Unix user postgres use the psql shell to connect to the postgres database and issue the CREATE USER and CREATE DATABASE commands.

[postgres#localhost ~] $ psql postgres
psql (9.5.2)

Type "help" for help.

postgres=# CREATE USER benchmarksql WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'changeme';
postgres=# CREATE DATABASE benchmarksql OWNER benchmarksql;  
postgres=# \q  
[postgres#localhost ~] $

2. Compile the BenchmarkSQL source code :

(or use precompiled version in release https://github.com/Capdata/benchmarksql/releases/download/v5.1/BenchmarkSQL-5.1.jar)

As your own UNIX user change into the toplevel directory of the benchmarksql git repository checkout or the directory that was created by unpacking the release tarball/zipfile. Use the ant command to compile the code.

[wieck@localhost ~] $ cd benchmarksql
[wieck@localhost benchmarksql] $ ant
Buildfile: /nas1/home/wieck/benchmarksql.git/build.xml

init:
    [mkdir] Created dir: /home/wieck/benchmarksql/build

compile:
    [javac] Compiling 11 source files to /home/wieck/benchmarksql/build

dist:
    [mkdir] Created dir: /home/wieck/benchmarksql/dist
      [jar] Building jar: /home/wieck/benchmarksql/dist/BenchmarkSQL-5.1.jar
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 second
[wieck@localhost benchmarksql] $

3. Create the benchmark configuration file

Change the the run directory, copy the props.pg file and edit the copy to match your system setup and desired scaling.

[wieck@localhost benchmarksql] $ cd run

[wieck@localhost run] $ cp props.pg my_postgres.properties
[wieck@localhost run] $ vi my_postgres.properties
[wieck@localhost run] $

Note that the provided example configuration is meant to test the functionality of your setup. That benchmarksql can connect to the database and execute transactions. That configuration is NOT a benchmark run. To make it into one you need to have a configuration that matches your database server size and workload. Leave the sizing for now and perform a first functional test.

The BenchmarkSQL database has an initial size of approximately 100-100MB per configured warehouse. A typical setup would be a database of 2-5 times the physical RAM of the server.

Likewise the number of concurrent database connections (config parameter terminals) should be something about 2-6 times the number of CPU threads.

Last but not least benchmark runs are normally done for hours, if not days. This is because on the database sizes above it will take that long to reach a steady state and make sure that all performance relevant functionality of the database, like checkpointing and vacuuming, is included in the measurement.

So you can see that with a modern server, that has 32-256 CPU threads and 64-512GBi, of RAM we are talking about thousands of warehouses and hundreds of concurrent database connections.

4. Build the schema and initial database load

Execute the runDatabaseBuild.sh script with your configuration file.

[wieck@localhost run]$ ./runDatabaseBuild.sh my_postgres.properties
# ------------------------------------------------------------
# Loading SQL file ./sql.common/tableCreates.sql
# ------------------------------------------------------------
create table bmsql_config (
cfg_name    varchar(30) primary key,
cfg_value   varchar(50)
);
create table bmsql_warehouse (
w_id        integer   not null,
w_ytd       decimal(12,2),
[...]
Starting BenchmarkSQL LoadData

driver=org.postgresql.Driver
conn=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/benchmarksql
user=benchmarksql
password=***********
warehouses=30
loadWorkers=10
fileLocation (not defined)
csvNullValue (not defined - using default 'NULL')

Worker 000: Loading ITEM
Worker 001: Loading Warehouse      1
Worker 002: Loading Warehouse      2
Worker 003: Loading Warehouse      3
[...]
Worker 000: Loading Warehouse     30 done
Worker 008: Loading Warehouse     29 done
# ------------------------------------------------------------
# Loading SQL file ./sql.common/indexCreates.sql
# ------------------------------------------------------------
alter table bmsql_warehouse add constraint bmsql_warehouse_pkey
primary key (w_id);
alter table bmsql_district add constraint bmsql_district_pkey
primary key (d_w_id, d_id);
[...]
vacuum analyze;
[wieck@localhost run]$

5. Run the configured benchmark

[wieck@localhost run]$ ./runBenchmark.sh my_postgres.properties

The benchmark should run for the number of configured concurrent connections (terminals) and the duration or number of transactions.

The end result of the benchmark will be reported like this:

01:58:09,081 [Thread-1] INFO   jTPCC : Term-00,
01:58:09,082 [Thread-1] INFO   jTPCC : Term-00, Measured tpmC (NewOrders) = 179.55
01:58:09,082 [Thread-1] INFO   jTPCC : Term-00, Measured tpmTOTAL = 329.17
01:58:09,082 [Thread-1] INFO   jTPCC : Term-00, Session Start     = 2016-05-25 01:58:07
01:58:09,082 [Thread-1] INFO   jTPCC : Term-00, Session End       = 2016-05-25 01:58:09
01:58:09,082 [Thread-1] INFO   jTPCC : Term-00, Transaction Count = 10

At this point you have a working setup.

6. Scale the benchmark configuration.

Change the my_postgres.properties file to the correct scaling (number of warehouses and concurrent connections/terminals). Switch from using a transaction count to time based:

runTxnsPerTerminal=0
runMins=180

Rebuild the database (if needed) by running

[wieck@localhost run]$ ./runDatabaseDestroy.sh my_postgres.properties
[wieck@localhost run]$ ./runDatabaseBuild.sh my_postgres.properties

Then run the benchmark again.

Rinse and repeat.

7. Result report

BenchmarkSQL collects detailed performance statistics and (if configured) OS performance data. The example configuration file defaults to a directory starting with my_result_.

Use the generateReport.sh DIRECTORY script to create an HTML file with graphs. This requires R to be installed, which is beyond the scope of this HOW-TO.