Cache Bench

Cache benchmarking in Elgg (Redis vs Files vs QueryCache)

What this plugin does

1. Tunable settings:

• Payload: 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 KB
• Iterations: 1K–100K
• Checkbox “Disable static item caching” for a fair backend-only benchmark.

2. Automatic checks:

• Redis: redis_servers, Redis PHP extension, $CONFIG->redis flag.
• Files: presence of cacheroot / dataroot and write permissions.

3. Precise results table like:

Backend Payload Iterations Time,s Avg,ms Ops/sec Redis 10 KB 20000 0.0123 0.615 16260 Files 10 KB 20000 0.0456 2.280 4386

4. Static caching toggle:

• Enabled (default): you mainly see Phpfastcache RAM layer.
• Disabled: you measure raw backend performance (disk vs Redis).

Open /admin/server/cache_bench and you have a ready-to-use benchmark page integrated into Elgg admin.