OK, calling it a benchmark is a bit of an overstatement. It's taking two different database libraries for a quick spin, and seeing how fast they can write a bunch of integers to disk. A second benchmark checks how fast we can read them.
In this mini-test, I'm running leveldb against a new embedded database library, let's call it system_x. The purpose is really just so that I can remember some rough numbers regarding these useful database libraries.
I used the time
command to gather results, which shows real, user and sys time spent.
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