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Plugin Benchmark Add-On

This is a small script to measure the performance of a Plugin. Plugin authors can use it to measure and document the TWiki:Plugins/Benchmark numbers.

Usage

  • Specify Plugin name and other topics to benchmark. The first parameter is the Plugin name, followed by topic names. The TWiki web is assumed unless specified.

Notes:

  • Before running the benchmarks, disable mod_perl or SpeedyCGI in case used
  • Run the script on the web server's shell where TWiki is installed
  • Measure when there is no load on the server
  • All Plugins are automatically disabled except for the TablePlugin and the specified Plugin. The 'default' TWiki skin is enabled.

Running the script:

  • Choose a topic that renders your plugin variables. That may be the plugin topic, or an example topic.
  • Go to your bin directory and call (for instance):
  • % ./pluginbenchmark TablePlugin GoodStyle FormattedSearch Main.TWikiUsers

Example output

% ./pluginbenchmark SpreadSheetPlugin FormattedSearch GoodStyle
TWiki Plugin benchmark tool. Time::HiRes is used.
Measuring, please be patient...
Topic:                          Without:  With:     Percent:
------------------------------  --------  --------  --------
TWiki.SpreadSheetPlugin            0.481     0.506       95%
TWiki.FormattedSearch              1.677     1.694       99%
TWiki.GoodStyle                    0.301     0.304       99%

Add-On Installation Instructions

Instructions for TWiki plugin authors:

  • Download the ZIP file from the Add-on Home (see below)
  • Unzip PluginBenchmarkAddOn.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:
    File: Description:
    data/TWiki/PluginBenchmarkAddOn.txt Add-on topic
    bin/pluginbenchmark Benchmark utility script
  • Install CPAN:Time::HiRes if needed:
    • Run the pluginbenchmark utility from the shell without parameters, it will tell you if Time::HiRes is installed or not.
    • It is strongly recommended to run the utility only with Time::HiRes installed (it will work without the module, but it is very slow and the result is not accurate)
  • Test if the installation was successful:
    • Run the pluginbenchmark utility from your bin directory:
      % ./pluginbenchmark SpreadSheetPlugin GoodStyle

Add-On Info

  • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Measure the performance of a TWiki plugin

Add-on Author: TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
Copyright: © 2004-2018 TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
© 2004-2018 TWiki:TWiki.TWikiContributor
License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
Add-on Version: 2018-07-10
Change History:  
2018-07-10: TWikibug:Item7841: Copyright update to 2018
2016-01-16: TWikibug:Item7708: Doc improvements; change from non-existing DefaultPlugin to TablePlugin; copyright update to 2016
2008-10-26: v.1.030 Arthur Clemens: Now uses default skin instead of classic.
2008-10-25: v.1.021 Arthur Clemens: Changed hardcoded paths to variables read from lib/LocalSite.cfg. Changed call from geturl to geturl.pl. Updated documentation.
2004-11-11: Better accuracy, more flexible configuration
2004-11-10: Initial version
TWiki Dependency: $TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1 (TWiki 4.0)
CPAN Dependencies: Time::HiRes
Other Dependencies: TWiki's geturl.pl utility
Perl Version: 5.005
Add-on Home: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/PluginBenchmarkAddOn
Feedback: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/PluginBenchmarkAddOnDev
Appraisal: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/PluginBenchmarkAddOnAppraisal

Related Topic: TWikiAddOns

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