0) Prepare local git repository:

git clone git://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git postgres.git

And install prerequisites:

docker, bash, wget, git, tar, 7z, ant, default-jdk

(optional packages for visualization: xsltproc, r-base-core, r-cran-xml,

1) Run

./prepare-instances.py

to get all the Postgres* instances defined in config.xml ready for

benchmarking.

2) Run

./run-benchmarks.py

to perform all the benchmarks Postgres* defined in config.xml for all

instances.

3) To visualize results, you can use:

R --no-save < VisualizeResults.R

(You'll get Rplots.pdf with graphics presenting some benchmarks results.)

Or

4) You can also compare benchmark results for several instances in an

automated non-visual way. Run

For example, to compare results of benchmarking instances shown above, run: