How to Conduct Performance Tests and Share Results

Setup Your Instance

1.  Set up database if you plan to use one.

It is important that you capture the following information related to your setup: 

(Perhaps we might want to think about a yaml config file in case we want to build some tooling)

1. Instance Specs
   1. OS (type and version)
   2. Processor Speed
   3. Number of Cores
   4. Disk Type (SSD or Hard Disk)
   5. RAM
   6. IOPS (if applicable)
   7. any java configuration options (e.g. -Xmx 2G)
   8. binary configuration:  local,  network,  S3
   9. is virtual?
   10. is test runner on the same machine? 
2. Database Specs
   
   1. type (mysql, postgresql, aurora, etc)
   2. deployment: local or remote
   3. if remote
      1. processor speed
      2. processor count
      3. RAM
      4. if RDS,  RDS type (e.g. db1.small)

Generate Test Data 

Generate Graphs Based  on Your Test Data

Share Your Results with the Community