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Why Tcl is 700% faster than Python for database benchmarking

HammerDB

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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How to build HammerDB from source

HammerDB

If you are not already familiar with the programming languages that HammerDB uses, then this earlier post serves as an ideal introduction to what makes up the highest performing GIL free database benchmarking application. The database installation must include both the include and lib directories. linux-glibc2.12-x86_64/bin.

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HammerDB v4.8 New Features : Viewing your Benchmark results with the HammerDB Web Service

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Configuring the Jobs Database The base configuration is set in the xml files in the config directory with the jobs SQLite database being set in the commandline section of generic.xml by specifying the filename. Copyright (C) 2003-2023 Steve Shaw Type "help" for a list of commands Initialized new Jobs on-disk database /opt/HammerDB-4.8/DATA/hammer.db

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HammerDB: Using MySQL 5.7 vs 8.0 to understand performance profiles

HammerDB

One of the most important concepts in analysing database performance is that of understanding scalability. When a system ‘scales’ it is able to deliver higher levels of performance proportional to the system resources available to it. In this example, we will compare MySQL 5.7.33 and MySQL 8.0.25

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How to deploy HammerDB CLI fast with Docker

HammerDB

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 Our Linux test system is running a MariaDB 10.10

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HammerDB v4.6 New Features Pt1: Python CLI Interface

HammerDB

HammerDB will rely on the system installed Python interpreter and at a specific version as described in the following table. Copyright (C) 2003-2022 Steve Shaw. Copyright (C) 2003-2022 Steve Shaw. From version v4.6 Python Version Dependency. hammerdbcli py HammerDB CLI v4.6. Type "help()" for a list of commands.

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Why Waits Alone Are Not Enough

SQL Performance

"Waitstats helps us identify performance-related counters. But waits information by itself isn't enough to accurately diagnose performance problems. The queues component of our methodology comes from Performance Monitor counters, which provide a view of system performance from a resource standpoint.".

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