console.log('BEGINNING'); var N = 50000 , db = new Nedb({ filename: 'loadTest', autoload: true }) , t, i , sample = JSON.stringify({ data: Math.random(), _id: Math.random() }); ; // Some inserts in sequence, using the default storage mechanism (IndexedDB in my case) function someInserts (sn, N, callback) { var i = 0, beg = Date.now(); async.whilst( function () { return i < N; } , function (_cb) { db.insert({ data: Math.random() }, function (err) { i += 1; return _cb(err); }); } , function (err) { console.log("Inserts, series " + sn + " " + (Date.now() - beg)); return callback(err); }); } // Manually updating the localStorage on the same variable function someLS (sn, N, callback) { var i = 0, beg = Date.now(); for (i = 0; i < N; i += 1) { localStorage.setItem('loadTestLS', getItem('loadTestLS') + sample); } console.log("localStorage, series " + sn + " " + (Date.now() - beg)); return callback(); } // Manually updating the localStorage on different variables function someLSDiff (sn, N, callback) { var i = 0, beg = Date.now(); for (i = 0; i < N; i += 1) { localStorage.setItem('loadTestLS-' + i, sample); } console.log("localStorage, series " + sn + " " + (Date.now() - beg)); return callback(); } // Manually updating the localforage default on the same variable (IndexedDB on my machine) function someLF (sn, N, callback) { var i = 0, beg = Date.now(); async.whilst( function () { return i < N; } , function (_cb) { localforage.getItem('loadTestLF', function (err, value) { if (err) { return _cb(err); } localforage.setItem('loadTestLF', value + sample, function (err) { i += 1; return _cb(err); }); }); } , function (err) { console.log("localForage/IDB, series " + sn + " " + (Date.now() - beg)); return callback(err); }); } // Manually updating the localforage default on the different variables (IndexedDB on my machine) function someLFDiff (sn, N, callback) { var i = 0, beg = Date.now(); async.whilst( function () { return i < N; } , function (_cb) { localforage.setItem('loadTestLF-' + i, sample, function (err) { i += 1; return _cb(err); }); } , function (err) { console.log("localForage/IDB, series " + sn + " " + (Date.now() - beg)); return callback(err); }); } localStorage.setItem('loadTestLS', ''); async.waterfall([ function (cb) { db.remove({}, { multi: true }, function (err) { return cb(err); }); } // Slow and gets slower with database size //, async.apply(someInserts, "#1", N) // N=5000, 141s //, async.apply(someInserts, "#2", N) // N=5000, 208s //, async.apply(someInserts, "#3", N) // N=5000, 281s //, async.apply(someInserts, "#4", N) // N=5000, 350s // Slow and gets slower really fast with database size, then outright crashes //, async.apply(someLS, "#1", N) // N=4000, 2.5s //, async.apply(someLS, "#2", N) // N=4000, 8.0s //, async.apply(someLS, "#3", N) // N=4000, 26.5s //, async.apply(someLS, "#4", N) // N=4000, 47.8s then crash, can't get string (with N=5000 crash happens on second pass) // Much faster and more consistent //, async.apply(someLSDiff, "#1", N) // N=50000, 0.7s //, async.apply(someLSDiff, "#2", N) // N=50000, 0.5s //, async.apply(someLSDiff, "#3", N) // N=50000, 0.5s //, async.apply(someLSDiff, "#4", N) // N=50000, 0.5s // Slow and gets slower with database size //, function (cb) { localforage.setItem('loadTestLF', '', function (err) { return cb(err) }) } //, async.apply(someLF, "#1", N) // N=5000, 69s //, async.apply(someLF, "#2", N) // N=5000, 108s //, async.apply(someLF, "#3", N) // N=5000, 137s //, async.apply(someLF, "#4", N) // N=5000, 169s // Quite fast and speed doesn't change with database size (tested with N=10000 and N=50000, still no slow-down) //, async.apply(someLFDiff, "#1", N) // N=5000, 18s //, async.apply(someLFDiff, "#2", N) // N=5000, 18s //, async.apply(someLFDiff, "#3", N) // N=5000, 18s //, async.apply(someLFDiff, "#4", N) // N=5000, 18s ]);