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Why Tcl is 700% faster than Python for database benchmarking

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Python is a popular programming language, especially for beginners, and consequently we see it occurring in places where it just shouldn’t be used, such as database benchmarking. We use stored procedures because, as the introductory post shows, using single SQL statements turns our database benchmark into a network test).

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HammerDB v4.7 New Features Pt 2: Example CLI Scripts

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When you list the HammerDB directory you can now see a directory called “scripts” This directory contains CLI scripts to build, run, delete and query TPROC-C and TPROC-H workloads against all databases. If HammerDB is running on a separate system from the database under test then you should modify this value accordingly.

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How to deploy HammerDB CLI fast with Docker

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The TPC publishes an official Docker image on Docker Hub to enable the rapid deployment and testing of databases with HammerDB. This image includes example scripts to build schemas and test your databases with a single command. Our Linux test system is running a MariaDB 10.10 Database Configuration.

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HammerDB v4.6 New Features Pt2: Jobs Interface

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In particular, after a running a test it would be ideal to have a repository where we could verify the configuration of the workload that was run, the results and any timing or transaction count data generated to bring all the log output into a central location. . <commandline> This happens for both a schema build and running a test.

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HammerDB v4.6 New Features Pt1: Python CLI Interface

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Copyright (C) 2003-2022 Steve Shaw. Copyright (C) 2003-2022 Steve Shaw. print(z," VU TEST") . print("TEST SEQUENCE COMPLETE"). Vuser 1:Timing test period of 1 in minutes Vuser 2:RUNNING Vuser 2:Initializing xtprof time profiler Vuser 2:Processing 10000000 transactions with output suppressed. >hammerdbcli py.

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HammerDB v4.2 New Features Pt1: MariaDB Build and Test Example with the CLI

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However, as the two databases diverged from a shared common codebase, this presented a challenge in that it was not possible to modify the workload for MySQL or MariaDB without also changing the other. Also, the additional installation of the MySQL client libraries was needed when testing MariaDB. Prior to HammerDB v4.2 HammerDB v4.2

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HammerDB v4.1 New Features Pt3: Step Workloads

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HammerDB Variable or Step Workloads are an advanced testing feature that enables you to automatically vary the load on the database over a period of time. When taking this approach you would not focus on the test result but instead monitor the databases ability to cope with the variation in demand and transaction response times.