fix-server-performance-test

What this does

Compare two ingestion/processing paths for FIX.4.4 using Chronicle Queue:

1. Flyweight/off-heap on a single pinned thread
2. QuickFIX/J parse + thread pool

Accept/Done

Generates valid FIX with SOH=0x01, BodyLength(9), CheckSum(10), and tag 50001=tsNanos

Flyweight shows lower p99 and fewer GCs than QFJ path

CSV/console metrics written to ./metrics/*

How to run

scripts/clean_queue.sh
scripts/run_generate.sh ./data/fix.q 2000000
scripts/run_flyweight.sh ./data/fix.q true
scripts/run_quickfixj.sh ./data/fix.q 8

Scripts

• scripts/clean_queue.sh: Remove and recreate the Chronicle Queue data directory.

  • Usage:

    scripts/clean_queue.sh

• scripts/run_generate.sh: Generate FIX messages into a queue file.

  • Usage:

    scripts/run_generate.sh <queue_path> <message_count>
    # Example
    scripts/run_generate.sh ./data/fix.q 2000000

• scripts/run_flyweight.sh: Run the flyweight consumer against a queue.

  • Usage:

    scripts/run_flyweight.sh <queue_path> [enable_metrics]
    # Example
    scripts/run_flyweight.sh ./data/fix.q true

• scripts/run_quickfixj.sh: Run the QuickFIX/J consumer with a thread count.

  • Usage:

    scripts/run_quickfixj.sh <queue_path> <thread_count>
    # Example
    scripts/run_quickfixj.sh ./data/fix.q 8

• scripts/run_benchmark.sh: End-to-end benchmark runner that generates messages, runs both consumers, and prints metrics locations and summaries.

  • Usage:

    scripts/run_benchmark.sh <num_messages> <threads>
    # Defaults: num_messages=200000, threads=8
    # Example
    scripts/run_benchmark.sh 2000000 8