How to stress test a mongodb?

Question

I like to run simulated test-clients that act as if e.g. 1000 clients execute tasks at the same time on a mongodb and see how the server stands. Together with profiling tools I like to be able to identify bottlenecks and fix them before they become a problem.

What tool would you to suggest to run simulated tests on an API Level? What profiling tool would you suggest to identify bottlenecks, free tools are currently preferred.

Maddalena

I narrowed the tools down and currently I tend to user either Gatling or [JMeter] (jmeter.apache.org). – Maddalena

Answer 1

After quite some research I came to the point to use jmeter to do massive REST calls. That way I can create a controlled load on the database. The profiling I do with node-inspector and native mongodb profiling.

For those who like to do a more "direct" test to the DB John Page's POCDriver (simulated client): https://github.com/johnlpage/POCDriver might be interesting.

Profile visualisation (from log files) can be done with: https://github.com/rueckstiess/mtools

Hope that helps :-)

Maddalena