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Client Benchmarks

This module contains microbenchmarks for client instrumentation operations.

Result Overview

The main outcomes of the benchmarks:

  • Simpleclient Counters/Gauges have similar performance to Codahale Counters.
  • The original client is much slower than the Simpleclient or Codahale, especially when used concurrently.
  • Codahale Meters are slower than Codahale/Simpleclient Counters
  • Codahale and original client Summaries are 10x slower than other metrics.
  • Simpleclient Histograms are 10-100X faster than Codahale and original client Summaries.
  • Simpleclient Gauge.Child.set is relatively slow, especially when done concurrently.
  • Label lookups in both Prometheus clients are relatively slow.

Accordingly, in terms of client instrumentation performance I suggest the following:

  • It's cheap to extensively instrument your code with Simpleclient Counters/Gauges/Summaries without labels, or Codahale Counters.
  • Avoid Codahale Meters, in favour of Codahale/Simpleclient Counters and calculating the rate in your monitoring system (e.g. the rate() function in Prometheus).
  • Use Simpleclient Histograms rather than original client Summaries and Codahale Histograms/Timers.
  • Avoid the original client.
  • For high update rate (>1000 per second) prometheus metrics using labels, you should cache the Child. Java 8 may make this better due to an improved ConcurrentHashMap implementation.
  • If a use case appears for high update rate use of SimpleClient's Gauge.Child.set, we should alter DoubleAdder to more efficiently handle this use case.

Benchmark Results

These benchmarks were run using JMH on a 2-core MacBook Pro with a 2.5GHz i5 processor, with Oracle Java 64 1.7.0_51.

Counters

java -jar target/benchmarks.jar CounterBenchmark -wi 5 -i 5 -f 1 -t 1
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.codahaleCounterIncBenchmark                    avgt        5   11.554 ± 0.251  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.codahaleMeterMarkBenchmark                     avgt        5   75.305 ± 7.147  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusCounterChildIncBenchmark             avgt        5   13.249 ± 0.029  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusCounterIncBenchmark                  avgt        5  127.397 ± 4.072  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusSimpleCounterChildIncBenchmark       avgt        5   12.989 ± 0.285  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusSimpleCounterIncBenchmark            avgt        5   54.822 ± 7.994  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusSimpleCounterNoLabelsIncBenchmark    avgt        5   13.131 ± 1.661  ns/op

java -jar target/benchmarks.jar CounterBenchmark -wi 5 -i 5 -f 1 -t 2
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.codahaleCounterIncBenchmark                    avgt        5   16.707 ±  2.116  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.codahaleMeterMarkBenchmark                     avgt        5  107.346 ± 23.127  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusCounterChildIncBenchmark             avgt        5   41.912 ± 18.167  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusCounterIncBenchmark                  avgt        5  170.860 ±  5.110  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusSimpleCounterChildIncBenchmark       avgt        5   17.782 ±  2.764  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusSimpleCounterIncBenchmark            avgt        5   89.656 ±  4.577  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusSimpleCounterNoLabelsIncBenchmark    avgt        5   16.109 ±  1.723  ns/op

java -jar target/benchmarks.jar CounterBenchmark -wi 5 -i 5 -f 1 -t 4
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.codahaleCounterIncBenchmark                    avgt        5   17.628 ±  0.501  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.codahaleMeterMarkBenchmark                     avgt        5  121.836 ± 15.888  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusCounterChildIncBenchmark             avgt        5  377.916 ±  7.965  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusCounterIncBenchmark                  avgt        5  250.919 ±  2.728  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusSimpleCounterChildIncBenchmark       avgt        5   18.055 ±  1.391  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusSimpleCounterIncBenchmark            avgt        5  120.543 ±  1.770  ns/op
i.p.b.CounterBenchmark.prometheusSimpleCounterNoLabelsIncBenchmark    avgt        5   19.334 ±  1.471  ns/op

Gauges

Codahale lacks a metric with a set method, so we'll compare to Counter which has inc and dec.

java -jar target/benchmarks.jar GaugeBenchmark -wi 5 -i 5 -f 1 -t 1
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.codahaleCounterDecBenchmark                  avgt        5   11.620 ± 0.288  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.codahaleCounterIncBenchmark                  avgt        5   11.718 ± 0.333  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeChildDecBenchmark             avgt        5   13.358 ± 0.554  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeChildIncBenchmark             avgt        5   13.268 ± 0.276  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeChildSetBenchmark             avgt        5   11.624 ± 0.210  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeDecBenchmark                  avgt        5  125.058 ± 2.764  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeIncBenchmark                  avgt        5  127.814 ± 7.741  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeSetBenchmark                  avgt        5  127.899 ± 6.690  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeChildDecBenchmark       avgt        5   12.961 ± 0.393  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeChildIncBenchmark       avgt        5   12.932 ± 0.212  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeChildSetBenchmark       avgt        5   36.672 ± 1.112  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeDecBenchmark            avgt        5   54.677 ± 3.704  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeIncBenchmark            avgt        5   53.278 ± 1.104  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeSetBenchmark            avgt        5   79.724 ± 2.723  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeNoLabelsDecBenchmark    avgt        5   12.957 ± 0.437  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeNoLabelsIncBenchmark    avgt        5   12.932 ± 0.284  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeNoLabelsSetBenchmark    avgt        5   40.235 ± 1.735  ns/op

java -jar target/benchmarks.jar GaugeBenchmark -wi 5 -i 5 -f 1 -t 2
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.codahaleCounterDecBenchmark                  avgt        5   17.443 ±  4.819  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.codahaleCounterIncBenchmark                  avgt        5   14.882 ±  2.875  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeChildDecBenchmark             avgt        5   45.206 ± 29.575  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeChildIncBenchmark             avgt        5   46.657 ± 33.518  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeChildSetBenchmark             avgt        5   21.810 ±  9.370  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeDecBenchmark                  avgt        5  177.370 ±  2.477  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeIncBenchmark                  avgt        5  172.136 ±  3.056  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeSetBenchmark                  avgt        5  186.791 ±  7.996  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeChildDecBenchmark       avgt        5   15.978 ±  2.762  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeChildIncBenchmark       avgt        5   15.457 ±  1.052  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeChildSetBenchmark       avgt        5  156.604 ± 10.953  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeDecBenchmark            avgt        5  107.134 ± 33.620  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeIncBenchmark            avgt        5   89.362 ± 16.608  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeSetBenchmark            avgt        5  163.823 ± 25.270  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeNoLabelsDecBenchmark    avgt        5   16.380 ±  1.915  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeNoLabelsIncBenchmark    avgt        5   17.042 ±  1.113  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeNoLabelsSetBenchmark    avgt        5  164.930 ±  2.565  ns/op

java -jar target/benchmarks.jar GaugeBenchmark -wi 5 -i 5 -f 1 -t 4
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.codahaleCounterDecBenchmark                  avgt        5   17.291 ±  1.769  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.codahaleCounterIncBenchmark                  avgt        5   17.445 ±  0.709  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeChildDecBenchmark             avgt        5  389.411 ± 13.078  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeChildIncBenchmark             avgt        5  399.549 ± 29.274  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeChildSetBenchmark             avgt        5  123.700 ±  3.894  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeDecBenchmark                  avgt        5  244.741 ± 22.477  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeIncBenchmark                  avgt        5  243.525 ±  6.332  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusGaugeSetBenchmark                  avgt        5  252.363 ±  2.664  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeChildDecBenchmark       avgt        5   18.330 ±  2.673  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeChildIncBenchmark       avgt        5   20.633 ±  1.219  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeChildSetBenchmark       avgt        5  335.455 ±  4.562  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeDecBenchmark            avgt        5  116.432 ±  4.793  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeIncBenchmark            avgt        5  129.390 ±  2.360  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeSetBenchmark            avgt        5  613.186 ± 20.548  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeNoLabelsDecBenchmark    avgt        5   19.765 ±  3.189  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeNoLabelsIncBenchmark    avgt        5   19.589 ±  1.634  ns/op
i.p.b.GaugeBenchmark.prometheusSimpleGaugeNoLabelsSetBenchmark    avgt        5  307.238 ±  1.918  ns/op

Summaries

The simpleclient Summary doesn't have percentiles, simpleclient's Histogram offers a way to calculate percentiles on the server side that works with aggregation. The closest to the original client's Summary is Codahale's Timer, but that includes timing calls so we compare with Histogram instead.

java -jar target/benchmarks.jar SummaryBenchmark -wi 5 -i 5 -f 1 -t 1
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.codahaleHistogramBenchmark                    avgt        5   186.306 ±   4.958  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleHistogramBenchmark            avgt        5    81.595 ±   4.491  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleHistogramChildBenchmark       avgt        5    22.143 ±   1.713  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleHistogramNoLabelsBenchmark    avgt        5    22.066 ±   0.812  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleSummaryBenchmark              avgt        5    59.588 ±   2.087  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleSummaryChildBenchmark         avgt        5    15.300 ±   0.659  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleSummaryNoLabelsBenchmark      avgt        5    15.608 ±   0.271  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSummaryBenchmark                    avgt        5   981.640 ± 315.146  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSummaryChildBenchmark               avgt        5  1155.179 ± 850.237  ns/op

java -jar target/benchmarks.jar SummaryBenchmark -wi 5 -i 5 -f 1 -t 2
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.codahaleHistogramBenchmark                    avgt        5   289.245 ±   39.721  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleHistogramBenchmark            avgt        5   127.014 ±   19.285  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleHistogramChildBenchmark       avgt        5    52.597 ±   10.781  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleHistogramNoLabelsBenchmark    avgt        5    53.295 ±    9.891  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleSummaryBenchmark              avgt        5   117.810 ±   11.694  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleSummaryChildBenchmark         avgt        5    31.933 ±    3.439  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleSummaryNoLabelsBenchmark      avgt        5    33.918 ±    5.571  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSummaryBenchmark                    avgt        5  2059.498 ±  616.954  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSummaryChildBenchmark               avgt        5  2346.163 ± 1503.034  ns/op

java -jar target/benchmarks.jar SummaryBenchmark -wi 5 -i 5 -f 1 -t 4
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.codahaleHistogramBenchmark                    avgt        5   587.956 ±    2.788  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleHistogramBenchmark            avgt        5   163.313 ±    5.163  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleHistogramChildBenchmark       avgt        5    66.957 ±    1.746  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleHistogramNoLabelsBenchmark    avgt        5    67.064 ±    1.681  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleSummaryBenchmark              avgt        5   140.166 ±    4.263  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleSummaryChildBenchmark         avgt        5    40.065 ±    0.138  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSimpleSummaryNoLabelsBenchmark      avgt        5    41.331 ±    1.899  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSummaryBenchmark                    avgt        5  3950.152 ± 1214.866  ns/op
i.p.b.SummaryBenchmark.prometheusSummaryChildBenchmark               avgt        5  4676.946 ± 3625.977  ns/op

Note the high error bars for the original client, it got slower with each iteration so I suspect a flaw in the test setup.