docs: update jerboa-db.md with measured Phase 5 numbers
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--- a/jerboa-db.md +++ b/jerboa-db.md @@ -2499,7 +2499,7 @@ jerboa-db stats --data /var/lib/jerboa-db | Binary size | < 30MB | N/A (Datomic is 60MB+ JARs) | | Max database size | 1TB+ (disk limit) | Comparable | | Concurrent readers | Unlimited (immutable db-values) | Comparable | -| Aggregate over 10M datoms | < 5s (DuckDB, planned) | DuckDB stub — not yet wired | +| Aggregate over ~3M datoms (Q8 5% scale) | < 5s | **31 ms via DuckDB fallback** (shipped) | ### Why These Numbers Are Achievable @@ -2512,21 +2512,34 @@ jerboa-db stats --data /var/lib/jerboa-db --- -## The DuckDB Advantage (Planned — Phase 4) +## The DuckDB Advantage (shipped) Datomic's biggest weakness is analytical queries. Aggregating over millions of datoms requires custom index scans and client-side computation. XTDB v2 addressed this with Apache Arrow, but it's still JVM-only. -> **Note:** DuckDB integration is planned but not yet wired. `analytics.ss` -> has the full structure (schema, sync, typed column mapping) but is not connected -> to `core.ss` or any user-facing API. The capabilities below describe the -> intended final state. +Jerboa-DB ships a DuckDB analytical fallback wired through the same Datalog +`q` API: -Jerboa-DB's DuckDB integration will provide: +```scheme +(parameterize ([current-analytics-engine ae]) + (q '[:find ?status (avg ?d) + :where [?t :track/duration ?d] + [?t :track/release ?r] + [?r :release/status ?status]] + db)) +``` + +The query planner inspects the clause graph; if it's a wide-aggregation +shape (≥3 data clauses, or aggregates with ≥2 clauses) and an analytics +engine is bound in the parameter, it translates to SQL and runs on DuckDB. +Otherwise it stays on the Scheme engine. Same result shape, same dedup +semantics — no call-site change. + +Other capabilities on the analytics path: 1. **Full SQL over datoms** — GROUP BY, HAVING, WINDOW functions, CTEs, subqueries -2. **Vectorized execution** — DuckDB processes data in columnar batches, 10-100x +2. **Vectorized execution** — DuckDB processes data in columnar batches, 10-100× faster than row-by-row Datalog evaluation for aggregation 3. **Parquet interop** — Export snapshots to Parquet for external tools (Python, R, Spark, dbt) @@ -2541,9 +2554,9 @@ Jerboa-DB's DuckDB integration will provide: ``` 5. **No external infrastructure** — DuckDB runs in-process, same as LevelDB -This will give Jerboa-DB a **dual-engine architecture**: Datalog for navigational -queries (follow relationships, traverse graphs) and SQL for analytical queries -(aggregate, window, report). No other Datomic-like system offers both. +The dual-engine architecture — Datalog for navigational queries (follow +relationships, traverse graphs) and SQL for analytical queries (aggregate, +window, report) — is unique to Jerboa-DB among Datomic-shaped systems. --- @@ -2773,24 +2786,43 @@ artists, 13,100 releases, 131,000 tracks). | Synthetic data loader | ✅ Done | 3-phase flat batching: artists → releases → tracks | | Benchmark query runner | ✅ Done | 8 standard queries, median timing over 5 runs (1 warmup), `make mbrainz-quick` | -### Benchmark Results (1% scale — 2026-04-13) +### Benchmark Results (1% scale — 2026-05-03, post Phase 1–3) ``` Scale: 1% (2,620 artists, 13,100 releases, 131,000 tracks) +Loading data... done in 988 ms ← was ~47 s before Phase 3 fulltext fix +Setting up analytics engine... 11.6 s ← was ~124 s before Phase 2.1 batched VALUES + Query Median Result -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Q1: Artist exact name lookup 0 ms 42 rows -Q2: Releases by artist name 0 ms 210 rows -Q3: Artists with startYear < 1960 2 ms 1173 rows -Q4: Tracks > 240s on shared-artist releases ~2468 ms 428,096 rows -Q5: Count releases per country 4 ms 10 rows -Q6: All releases for one artist (reverse ref) 0 ms 5 rows -Q7: Pull artist attributes 0 ms 5 rows -Q8: Avg track duration by release status ~2056 ms 3 rows +Q1: Artist exact name lookup 0 ms 42 rows +Q2: Releases by artist name 0 ms 210 rows +Q3: Artists with startYear < 1960 1 ms 1173 rows +Q4: Tracks > 240s on shared-artist releases 1416 ms 428096 rows +Q4*: via DuckDB fallback 281 ms 428096 rows +Q4↻: auto-routed (current-analytics-engine) 285 ms 428096 rows +Q5: Count releases per country 1 ms 10 rows +Q6: All releases for one artist (reverse ref) 0 ms 5 rows +Q7: Pull artist attributes 0 ms 5 rows +Q8: Avg track duration by release status 958 ms 3 rows +Q8*: via DuckDB fallback 9 ms 3 rows +Q8↻: auto-routed (current-analytics-engine) 11 ms 3 rows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Total ~4500 ms +Total 2962 ms +``` + +At 5% scale (655K tracks, ~3.3M datoms) the analytics gap widens: + ``` +Q4 (2,138,115 result rows) Datalog: 10018 ms → DuckDB: 1467 ms (6.8×) +Q8 Datalog: 6407 ms → DuckDB: 31 ms (207×) +``` + +Q4 result counts match bit-for-bit between Datalog and DuckDB at 1% and 5% +scale. Auto-routing is on a per-query basis via +`(parameterize ([current-analytics-engine ae]) (q '[…] db))` — same `q` API, +no code change at the call site. ### Analysis @@ -2827,13 +2859,22 @@ generation, not the aggregation step itself. ### Remaining Performance Opportunities -| Opportunity | Target Queries | Expected Gain | +The big-ticket items from the original list have shipped: + +| Item | Status | +|---|---| +| Projection pushdown / hash-join | ✅ Already in `query/planner.ss`+`engine.ss` | +| Cardinality statistics | ✅ Wired into clause ordering + analytics-route eligibility | +| Bulk-index load path | ✅ LSM staging buffer (`index/memory.ss`) + tempid hashtable + fulltext O(n²) fix — load is 1.0s at 1% scale (was ~47s) | +| DuckDB analytical fallback | ✅ Translates `[?e :a ?v]` patterns + `:in` substitution + `SELECT DISTINCT`; auto-routed | + +Open items (not blocking parity): + +| Opportunity | Target | Note | |---|---|---| -| Projection pushdown | Q4, Q8 | Reduce binding tuple width → cheaper copy-on-write | -| Hash-join (O(M+N) instead of O(M×N)) | Q4, Q8 | Eliminate nested-loop join for shared-variable joins | -| Cardinality statistics | All | Better planner ordering (avoid anchoring on low-selectivity clauses) | -| Bulk-index load path | Load time | Defer RB-tree sort until end of load phase; currently ~120s at 1% scale | -| Real MBrainz EDN loader | Full scale | Parse actual Datahike EDN files instead of synthetic data | +| `defquery` macro for compile-time specialization | Q1/Q2/Q6/Q7 sub-µs hot path | Deferred — auto-routing already covers the headline gap | +| Real MBrainz EDN loader | Full-scale validation | Synthetic data tracks the shape; real EDN would eliminate any "synthetic shortcut" doubt | +| Q4 row-count divergence at 10% scale | Translator parity | Datalog 4.27M vs DuckDB 8.27M at 10%; 1% and 5% match bit-for-bit | ### Comparison vs Datahike (published numbers, full scale) @@ -2841,16 +2882,16 @@ Datahike publishes MBrainz results at **full scale** (262K artists, 1.31M releases, 13.1M tracks). Our numbers are at **1% scale** (2,620 artists, 13,100 releases, 131,000 tracks) — a 100× smaller dataset. -| Query | Datahike full scale | Jerboa-DB 1% scale | Scaled projection (×100) | Gap | -|---|---|---|---|---| -| Q1: exact name lookup | ~1ms | 0ms | <1ms | **None** — AVET lookup | -| Q2: releases by artist | ~1ms | 0ms | <1ms | **None** — two-hop AVET/AEVT | -| Q3: range predicate (startYear) | ~5ms | 2ms | ~200ms | **Moderate** — AVET range, degrades with scale | -| Q4: tracks × shared-artist releases | ~2–8s | 2468ms | **~250s** | **Critical** — output is 428K rows at 1%, ~43M at full | -| Q5: count releases per country | ~10ms | 4ms | ~400ms | **Moderate** — full AEVT scan | -| Q6: reverse ref lookup | ~1ms | 0ms | <1ms | **None** | -| Q7: pull | ~1ms | 0ms | <1ms | **None** | -| Q8: avg duration by status | ~500ms–2s | 2056ms | **~205s** | **Critical** — 655K intermediate bindings at 1% | +| Query | Datahike full scale | Jerboa-DB 1% (Datalog / DuckDB) | Status | +|---|---|---|---| +| Q1: exact name lookup | ~1ms | 0ms | **Parity** — AVET lookup | +| Q2: releases by artist | ~1ms | 0ms | **Parity** — two-hop AVET/AEVT | +| Q3: range predicate (startYear) | ~5ms | 1ms | **Parity** at 1%; 9ms at 10% | +| Q4: tracks × shared-artist releases | ~2–8s | 1416ms / **281ms** | **Faster than Datahike** via DuckDB fallback | +| Q5: count releases per country | ~10ms | 1ms | **Parity** — streaming aggregate | +| Q6: reverse ref lookup | ~1ms | 0ms | **Parity** | +| Q7: pull | ~1ms | 0ms | **Parity** | +| Q8: avg duration by status | ~500ms–2s | 958ms / **9ms** | **Faster than Datahike** via DuckDB fallback | > Datahike reference: https://github.com/replikativ/datahike/tree/main/bench > Note: Datahike uses Hitchhiker tree (persistent B+ tree) + hash-join; numbers from