Performance Benchmark

You can make sure that your machine satisfies the required technical specifications by running a performance benchmark. To do so, follow the steps below:

# Fetch source of the latest stable release
$ git clone https://github.com/galacticcouncil/HydraDX-node -b stable
$ cd HydraDX-node/

# Prepare for running the benchmark
## Install Rust following https://rustup.rs
$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

## Configure Rust
$ ./scripts/init.sh
$ rustup default nightly

## Install additional libraries
$ apt install python3-pip
$ apt install clang

# Run the benchmark
$ ./scripts/check_performance.sh

After the benchmark executes you should see an output similar to the following:

         Pallet          |   Time comparison (µs)    |  diff* (µs)   |   diff* (%)    |            |   Rerun
amm                      |     773.00 vs 680.00      |      93.00    |      12.03     |     OK     |
exchange                 |     804.00 vs 720.00      |      84.00    |      10.44     |     OK     |
transaction_multi_payment|     218.00 vs 198.00      |      20.00    |       9.17     |     OK     |

Notes:
- in the diff fields you can see the difference between the reference benchmark time and the benchmark time of your machine
- if diff is positive for all three pallets, your machine covers the minimum requirements for running a Hydration node
- if diff deviates by -10% or more for some of the pallets, your machine might not be suitable to run a node

You can see the difference in the performance between your machine and the minimum required setup in the column *diff (%)**. If all three values in this column are positive, your machine should be suitable to run a Hydration validator node. If any of the values is below -10 %, we do not recommend running a Hydration node.

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