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  • APDEX Score: 0.996

Key Data

Table

Row Count

volunteer

10,001

volunteer_medical_condition

70,007

base_test_result

144,576

item_data

288,650

item_data_sample_audit_record

346,380

item_data_audit_record

578,053

Sum database table rows

2,800,162

Reports

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50 Studies

  • APDEX Score: 0.996

Key Data

Table

Row Count

volunteer

50,001

volunteer_medical_condition

350,007

base_test_result

1,440,576

item_data

2,876,150

item_data_sample_audit_record

3,451,380

item_data_audit_record

5,759,803

Sum database table rows

26,945,065

Reports

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100 Studies

  • APDEX Score: 0.995

Key Data

Table

Row Count

volunteer

75,001

volunteer_medical_condition

525,007

base_test_result

2,880,576

item_data

5,751,150

item_data_sample_audit_record

6,901,380

item_data_audit_record

11,517,303

Sum database table rows

53,442,557

Reports

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250 Studies

  • APDEX Score: 0.997

Key Data

Table

Row Count

volunteer

125,001

volunteer_medical_condition

875,007

base_test_result

7,200,576

item_data

14,376,150

item_data_sample_audit_record

17,251,380

item_data_audit_record

28,789,803

Sum database table rows

132,509,822

Reports

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500 Studies

  • APDEX Score: 0.996

Key Data

Table

Row Count

volunteer

200,001

volunteer_medical_condition

1,400,007

base_test_result

14,400,576

item_data

28,751,150

item_data_sample_audit_record

34,501,380

item_data_audit_record

57,577,303

Sum database table rows

264,147,372

Reports

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1000 Studies

  • APDEX Score: 0.994

Key Data

Table

Row Count

volunteer

350,000

volunteer_medical_condition

2,449,995

base_test_result

28,800,576

item_data

57,501,150

item_data_sample_audit_record

69,001,380

item_data_audit_record

115,152,303

Sum database table rows

527,422,350

Reports

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1500 Studies

  • APDEX Score: 0.989

Key Data

Table

Row Count

volunteer

400,000

volunteer_medical_condition

2,799,995

base_test_result

43,200,576

item_data

86,251,150

item_data_sample_audit_record

103,501,380

item_data_audit_record

172,727,304

Sum database table rows

788,997,461

Reports

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2000 Studies

  • APDEX Score: 0.985

Key Data

Table

Row Count

volunteer

500,000

volunteer_medical_condition

3,499,995

base_test_result

57,600,576

item_data

115,001,150

item_data_sample_audit_record

138,001,380

item_data_audit_record

230,302,303

Sum database table rows

1,051,422,354

Reports

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Test Components

Web Server

For the purpose of this test, only a single node was configured to host the ClinSpark application. Typical ClinSpark deployments have a minimum of two nodes and can scale infinitely horizontally as required.

  • Hosting provider: Amazon Web Services, region: US East

  • Server: instance type: m4.large, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

  • Operating System: Linux 4.4.14-24.50.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jun 24 19:56:04 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  • Server type: Apache Tomcat/7.0.69

  • Java: 1.7.0_101, OpenJDK Runtime Environment (amzn-2.6.6.1.67.amzn1-x86_64 u101-b00), OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.95-b01, mixed mode)

  • JVM Settings: -Xms1024M -Xmx1024M -XX:MaxPermSize=512M -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode

Database Server

  • Hosting provider: Amazon Web Services, region: US East

  • Server: instance type: db.r3.2xlarge, 8 vCPU, 61 GB RAM

Test Harness Client

In order to have more realistic latency times, the test harness was executed on a service offering outside of the web server's network and infrastructure. Details are as follows:

  • Hosting provider: Digital Ocean

  • Operating System: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 10 19:11:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  • Java: 1.7.0_65, OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.2) (7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04), OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode)

JMeter Script

  • Version: 3.0 r1743807

Analysis table definitions

  • volunteer - volunteers in the system that are not necessarily enrolled in any given study.

  • volunteer_medical_condition - a join table that combines volunteer records and dynamically associated medical conditions.

  • base_test_result - lab results

  • item_data - a data point associated with a form / item group. Examples are QT interval, PK capture time, etc.

  • item_data_sample_audit_record - during the process of study samples, audit records as established when users perform each step.

  • item_data_audit_record - audit records for item data are generated at creation time and each time a user interacts with a form in which the item exists.

  • Sum database table rows - this is a sum of all of the ClinSpark table rows. It is not the sum of the rows presented in the analysis section.

Miscellaneous

  • Linux operating system information obtained via shell command: uname -a

  • Tomcat information obtained via shell command: java -cp $TOMCAT_HOME/lib/catalina.jar org.apache.catalina.util.ServerInfo

  • Java version obtained via shell command: java -version

  • JMeter version obtained via shell command: $JMETER_HOME/bin/jmeter --version

  • Before each test was run, a 'warm up' of the database was initiated. This was done by way of executing the test scripts and allowing a user to click through the application. Approximate warm up time was ten minutes of test execution.

  • Each test assumes that no more than 50 studies are in an 'active' state.

Postscript

This testing exercise was executed when ClinSpark was being pitched in 2016 to a prospective customer that was also evaluating another eSource platform. We were aware that this platform, from an established multinational vendor, was poorly performant and we were happy to go head-to-head to demonstrate ClinSpark’s designed-in performance characteristics.

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