MYSQL-STRESS-TEST(1) MySQL Database System MYSQL-STRESS-TEST(1)
NAME
mysql-stress-test.pl - server stress test program
SYNOPSIS
mysql-stress-test.pl [options]
DESCRIPTION
The mysql-stress-test.pl Perl script performs stress-testing of the MySQL server. (MySQL 5.0 and up
only)
mysql-stress-test.pl requires a version of Perl that has been built with threads support.
Invoke mysql-stress-test.pl like this:
shell> mysql-stress-test.pl [options]
mysql-stress-test.pl supports the following options:
--help
Display a help message and exit.
--abort-on-error
Unknown.
--check-tests-file
Periodically check the file that lists the tests to be run. If it has been modified, reread the
file. This can be useful if you update the list of tests to be run during a stress test.
--cleanup
Force cleanup of the working directory.
--log-error-details
Log error details in the global error log file.
--loop-count=N
In sequential test mode, the number of loops to execute before exiting.
--mysqltest=path
The pathname to the mysqltest program.
--server-database=db_name
The database to use for the tests.
--server-host=host_name
The hostname of the local host to use for making a TCP/IP connection to the local server. By
default, the connection is made to localhost using a Unix socket file.
--server-logs-dir=path
This option is required. path is the directory where all client session logs will be stored.
Usually this is the shared directory that is associated with the server used for testing.
--server-password=password
The password to use when connecting to the server.
--server-port=port_num
The TCP/IP port number to use for connecting to the server. The default is 3306.
--server-socket=file_name
For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named
pipe to use. The default if /tmp/mysql.sock.
--server-user=user_name
The MySQL username to use when connecting to the server. The default is root.
--sleep-time=N
The delay in seconds between test executions.
--stress-basedir=path
This option is required. path is the working directory for the test run. It is used as the
temporary location for result tracking during testing.
--stress-datadir=path
The directory of data files to be used during testing. The default location is the data directory
under the location given by the --stress-suite-basedir option.
--stress-init-file[=path]
file_name is the location of the file that contains the list of tests. If missing, the default
file is stress_init.txt in the test suite directory.
--stress-mode=mode
This option indicates the test order in stress-test mode. The mode value is either random to
select tests in random order or seq to run tests in each thread in the order specified in the test
list file. The default mode is random.
--stress-suite-basedir=path
This option is required. path is the directory that has the t and r subdirectories containing the
test case and result files. This directory is also the default location of the stress-test.txt
file that contains the list of tests. (A different location can be specified with the
--stress-tests-file option.)
--stress-tests-file[=file_name]
Use this option to run the stress tests. file_name is the location of the file that contains the
list of tests. If file_name is omitted, the default file is stress-test.txt in the stress suite
directory. (See --stress-suite-basedir.)
--suite=suite_name
Run the named test suite. The default name is main (the regular test suite located in the
mysql-test directory).
--test-count=N
The number of tests to execute before exiting.
--test-duration=N
The duration of stress testing in seconds.
--test-suffix=str
Unknown.
--threads=N
The number of threads. The default is 1.
--verbose
Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2006-2007 MySQL AB
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SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be installed
locally and which is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/
AUTHOR
MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/) This software comes with no warranty.
MySQL 06/19/2007 MYSQL-STRESS-TEST(1)
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