CloudBoost: Benchmark Cloud Store (BSB)

The Blobstore benchmark is a tool used to identify the ideal parameters for cloud store configurations. 

1. Log in to the CloudBoost CLI as admin

2. Run the following command:  

diagnostics blobstore-cli "--provider <PROVIDER> --endpoint <URL_IF_REQUIRED> --identity <ID> --credential <SECRET_KEY> benchmark --num-parallel-requests <#_OF_REQUESTS> --blob-size <AVG_BLOB_SIZE> --max-runtime 60 --container <CONTAINER_NAME> WRITE"

Options:

• • benchmark

    • Tells the blobstore-cli to perform a benchmark process
  • --num-parallel-requests

    • This is the number of parallel requests that the CloudBoost client (listed above) will use
  • --blob-size

    • Specified in bytes
    • This is the average chunk size produced by CloudBoost and can be adjusted (listed above)
    • The default parameter is 262144 (bytes) and the maximum allowed within CloudBoost is 1MB
  • --max-runtime

    • How long the process is to run for - the longer the runtime, the more objects are sent
  • --container

    • Places these test blobs inside the specified container
  • WRITE

    • Tells the blobstore-cli to write blobs to the specified container - used for backup performance benchmarks
  • READ
    • Tells the blobstore-cli to read blobs from the specified container - used for restore performance benchmarks

• • Number of parallel requests: 16 - 128
  • blob size (average): 256KB (64KB to 1MB) 
  • Max runtime: 60

For specific examples, see CloudBoost: Validate Cloud Store Credentials (BSV)  for more information.