This repository contains the code to be able to test the different performances between a spring-boot blocking application based on JDBC and a spring web-flux application wich uses R2DBC reactive drivers.
The experimental results I've found have been published in the following medium article for you to consider.
https://link.medium.com/CzFp1qZKhmb
Please consider that all this code is published under the GNU General Public License v3.0 and it's free for you to use and customize as you wish.
Run the containers by executing the following command inside the "deployment" folder:
docker-compose rm -f
docker-compose up --build --force-recreate --remove-orphans 
Run k6 tests in temporary container by executing the following command inside the "k6-testing" folder:
docker-compose run --rm k6 run /k6-scripts/<test-name> -e TYPE=jdbc -e USERS=20
Before each test you should run the following script to make every load test independent of the previous executions.
delete from books b where b.book_id <> 1;
delete from orders ;Datas will be available on the grafana dashboard at:
http://localhost:3000/d/k6/k6-load-testing-results?orgId=1&refresh=5s
