A step-by-step guide to creating custom ES Rally tracks
Blog post from Elastic
ES Rally is a performance testing tool for Elasticsearch that allows users to run and record comparative tests on different versions or hardware configurations of Elasticsearch clusters. The guide explains how to create custom ES Rally tracks using one's own datasets to evaluate specific scenarios or test changes in data models. It emphasizes the importance of choosing an appropriately sized dataset for accurate metrics and details the process of setting up a custom track, including the installation of ES Rally via container distribution and the use of Elasticsearch Reindex API to prepare data. Once a custom track is created, users can compare different executions to assess the impact of changes, such as data model optimizations, on performance and resource usage. The guide also highlights the potential of ES Rally to assist in decision-making by providing insights into cluster performance and optimization opportunities, with a suggestion to explore further documentation or consult experts for additional use cases.