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I created a playground for 110 database systems
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Engineers can now test and compare dozens of database systems side by side without manual setup, making it easier to evaluate options for specific workloads. The refactored common interface ensures fair comparisons by enforcing cold-start measurements and preventing caching tricks. This lowers the barrier to benchmarking and helps engineers make informed decisions about database selection.
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The playground at benchmark.clickhouse.com/playground offers 110 database systems, each with a preloaded 100-million-record dataset for interactive querying and schema operations.
It originated from ClickBench, an open benchmark for analytical databases, and was refactored to a common script interface to ensure consistent testing and prevent cheating via caching.
The platform includes not only traditional relational databases but also embedded engines and data analysis libraries, all wrapped in a uniform HTTP server for comparability.
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