PERFORMANCE.md

IPFS Web3 Authed Fateway Performance Report

Intro

This report includes the performance metrics of upload (store) and download (retrieve) processes with the following listed services:

1. IPFS Web3 Authed gateway
2. Pinata gateway
3. Tencent COS(Centralized Cloud Server)
4. [Download] IPFS command line(IPFS protocol)

Testing Process

• In the upload process, files are uploaded from 2 different test machines to the listed services via HTTP/HTTPS.
• In the download process, files are downloaded from the listed services to 2 different test machines via HTTP/HTTPS/IPFS.

Testing Params

1. Test machines

Testing Machine	Environment
Host-1	Tencent COS (Shanghai)
Host-2	Tencent COS (Singapore)

2. Test files

File Name	File Size
1M-1	1MB
1M-2	1MB
1M-3	1MB
200M-1	200MB
200M-2	200MB
200M-3	200MB
500M-1	500MB
500M-2	500MB
500M-3	500MB

*Note that: IPFS Web3 Authed gateway uses IPFS Thunder gateway in China, all the testing data produced with thunder gateway.

Detailed testing process

1. [Upload] 1M file

Host 1 → IPFS Thunder Gateway

Host 1 → Pinata

Host 1 →Tencent COS

2. [Upload] 200MB file

Host 1 → IPFS Thunder Gateway

Host 1 → Pinata

Host 1 →Tencent COS

3. [Upload] 500MB file

Host 1 → IPFS Thunder Gateway

Host 1 → Pinata

Host 1 →Tencent COS

Host 2(Singapore) also tested like above

4. [Download] 1MB file

IPFS Thunder Gateway → Host 1

Pinata → Host 1

Tencent COS → Host 1

IPFS Command on Host 1

5. [Download] 200MB file

IPFS Thunder Gateway → Host 1

Pinata → Host 1

Tencent COS → Host 1

IPFS Command on Host 1

6. [Download] 500MB file

IPFS Thunder Gateway → Host 1

Pinata → Host 1

Tencent COS → Host 1

IPFS Command on Host 1

Host 2(Singapore) also tested like above

Summary

Upload Metrics (in seconds)

Download Metrics (in seconds)