A guide to benchmarking the performance of Redpanda

Redpanda, a high-performance streaming data platform compatible with Apache Kafka, is designed to deliver faster tail latencies and use fewer nodes than Kafka. The guide provides instructions for benchmarking Redpanda against other streaming platforms using a forked version of the OpenMessaging Benchmark (OMB) framework, which includes several improvements and bug fixes. It details the setup process for running benchmarks on AWS EC2 instances, specifying workload configurations in YAML, and using tools like Maven, Terraform, Ansible, and the AWS CLI to prepare the testing environment. The framework supports various workload configurations, representing different levels of write throughput, to help users evaluate Redpanda's performance in scenarios similar to their production environments. Additionally, the guide covers steps for provisioning necessary infrastructure, executing benchmarks, and generating visualization charts of the results, while also providing troubleshooting tips and suggestions for customizing tests to better align with specific use cases.

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