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DocumentDB scale and performance testing | Microsoft Docs |
Learn how to perform scale and performance testing with Azure DocumentDB |
performance testing |
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10/27/2016 |
arramac |
Performance and scale testing is a key step in application development. For many applications, the database tier has a significant impact on the overall performance and scalability, and is therefore a critical component of performance testing. Azure DocumentDB is purpose-built for elastic scale and predictable performance, and therefore a great fit for applications that need a high-performance database tier.
This article is a reference for developers implementing performance test suites for their DocumentDB workloads, or evaluating DocumentDB for high-performance application scenarios. It focuses primarily on isolated performance testing of the database, but also includes best practices for production applications.
After reading this article, you will be able to answer the following questions:
- Where can I find a sample .NET client application for performance testing of Azure DocumentDB?
- How do I achieve high throughput levels with Azure DocumentDB from my client application?
To get started with code, please download the project from DocumentDB Performance Testing Sample.
Note
The goal of this application is to demonstrate best practices for extracting better performance out of DocumentDB with a small number of client machines. This was not made to demonstrate the peak capacity of the service, which can scale limitlessly.
If you're looking for client-side configuration options to improve DocumentDB performance, see DocumentDB performance tips.
The quickest way to get started is to compile and run the .NET sample below, as described in the steps below. You can also review the source code and implement similar configurations to your own client applications.
Step 1: Download the project from DocumentDB Performance Testing Sample, or fork the Github repository.
Step 2: Modify the settings for EndpointUrl, AuthorizationKey, CollectionThroughput and DocumentTemplate (optional) in App.config.
Note
Before provisioning collections with high throughput, please refer to the Pricing Page to estimate the costs per collection. DocumentDB bills storage and throughput independently on an hourly basis, so you can save costs by deleting or lowering the throughput of your DocumentDB collections after testing.
Step 3: Compile and run the console app from the command line. You should see output like the following:
Summary:
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Endpoint: https://docdb-scale-demo.documents.azure.com:443/
Collection : db.testdata at 50000 request units per second
Document Template*: Player.json
Degree of parallelism*: 500
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DocumentDBBenchmark starting...
Creating database db
Creating collection testdata
Creating metric collection metrics
Retrying after sleeping for 00:03:34.1720000
Starting Inserts with 500 tasks
Inserted 661 docs @ 656 writes/s, 6860 RU/s (18B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 6505 docs @ 2668 writes/s, 27962 RU/s (72B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 11756 docs @ 3240 writes/s, 33957 RU/s (88B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 17076 docs @ 3590 writes/s, 37627 RU/s (98B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 22106 docs @ 3748 writes/s, 39281 RU/s (102B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 28430 docs @ 3902 writes/s, 40897 RU/s (106B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 33492 docs @ 3928 writes/s, 41168 RU/s (107B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 38392 docs @ 3963 writes/s, 41528 RU/s (108B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 43371 docs @ 4012 writes/s, 42051 RU/s (109B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 48477 docs @ 4035 writes/s, 42282 RU/s (110B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 53845 docs @ 4088 writes/s, 42845 RU/s (111B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 59267 docs @ 4138 writes/s, 43364 RU/s (112B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 64703 docs @ 4197 writes/s, 43981 RU/s (114B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 70428 docs @ 4216 writes/s, 44181 RU/s (115B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 75868 docs @ 4247 writes/s, 44505 RU/s (115B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 81571 docs @ 4280 writes/s, 44852 RU/s (116B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 86271 docs @ 4273 writes/s, 44783 RU/s (116B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 91993 docs @ 4299 writes/s, 45056 RU/s (117B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 97469 docs @ 4292 writes/s, 44984 RU/s (117B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 99736 docs @ 4192 writes/s, 43930 RU/s (114B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 99997 docs @ 4013 writes/s, 42051 RU/s (109B max monthly 1KB reads)
Inserted 100000 docs @ 3846 writes/s, 40304 RU/s (104B max monthly 1KB reads)
Summary:
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Inserted 100000 docs @ 3834 writes/s, 40180 RU/s (104B max monthly 1KB reads)
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DocumentDBBenchmark completed successfully.
Step 4 (if necessary): The throughput reported (RU/s) from the tool should be the same or higher than the provisioned throughput of the collection. If not, increasing the DegreeOfParallelism in small increments may help you reach the limit. If the throughput from your client app plateaus, launching multiple instances of the app on the same or different machines will help you reach the provisioned limit across the different instances. If you need help with this step, please, write an email to [email protected] or fill a support ticket.
Once you have the app running, you can try different Indexing policies and Consistency levels to understand their impact on throughput and latency. You can also review the source code and implement similar configurations to your own test suites or production applications.
In this article, we looked at how you can perform performance and scale testing with DocumentDB using a .NET console app. Please refer to the links below for additional information on working with DocumentDB.