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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: Unattended mongo benchmark?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:19:38 -0700
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To: David Dabbs <david@dabbs.net>
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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?
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>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:
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>Parameter: N=0
>- Make a copy of /etc/inittab
>- Add a 'sysinit' entry in /etc/inittab that runs "/path/mongo_auto.sh 1"
>- Reboot
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>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
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>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.
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>David
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sounds good.