Re: Unattended mongo benchmark?

[Nikita Danilov <Nikita@Clusterfs.COM>]

Hans Reiser writes:
 > David Dabbs wrote:
 > 
 > >I was wondering about a solution to running mongo benchmarks unattended.
 > >If one does not exist, how about the following as a 'straw man' approach?
 > >
 > >Create a script (say mongo_auto.sh) that takes one numeric parameter. The
 > >parameter would indicate which action/mongo script to perform next. The
 > >parameters and their associated actions might be something like the
 > >following:
 > >
 > >Parameter: N=0
 > >- Make a copy of /etc/inittab
 > >- Add a 'sysinit' entry in /etc/inittab that runs "/path/mongo_auto.sh 1"
 > >- Reboot
 > >
 > >
 > >Parameter: N
 > >- Run the Nth mongo run (specified in a case statement in mongo_auto.sh)0.
 > >- If (ran_without_error)
 > >     N = N + 1
 > >     if ( N <= Last_Run_Number)
 > >        - Update /etc/inittab entry to run "/path/mongo_auto.sh N"
 > >        - Reboot
 > >     else
 > >        - Clean up/restore /etc/inittab
 > >        - Run /path/to/mongo_parse.sh 1.log 2.log... > comparison.html
 > >
 > >
 > >Or, to limit inittab mods to the start/end, the script could read/write a
 > >.mongo_auto file that specifies the next run number to take.
 > >
 > >
 > >David
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >  
 > >
 > sounds good.

Yes, Namesys has scripts to run arbitrary sequence of benchmarks with
reboots in between. These scripts plug themselves into
/etc/rc.d/boot.local rather than in /etc/inittab though.

 > 

Nikita.