README

Yahoo! Cloud System Benchmark (YCSB)
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Links
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http://wiki.github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB/
http://research.yahoo.com/Web_Information_Management/YCSB
ycsb-users@yahoogroups.com

Getting Started
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1. Download the latest release of YCSB:

    wget https://github.com/downloads/brianfrankcooper/YCSB/ycsb-0.1.4.tar.gz
    tar xfvz ycsb-0.1.4
    cd ycsb-0.1.4

2. Set up a database to benchmark. There is a README file under each binding
   directory.

3. Run YCSB command. 

    bin/ycsb load basic -P workloads/workloada
    bin/ycsb run basic -P workloads/workloada

   Running the `ycsb` command without any argument will print the usage. 
   
   See https://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB/wiki/Running-a-Workload
   for a detailed documentation on how to run a workload.

   See https://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB/wiki/Core-Properties for 
   the list of available workload properties.