optimizing badger cache, won a 10-15% improvement in most benchmarks

cmd/benchmark/run-benchmark.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Wrapper script to run the benchmark suite and automatically shut down when complete
+
+set -e
+
+# Determine docker-compose command
+if docker compose version &> /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    DOCKER_COMPOSE="docker compose"
+else
+    DOCKER_COMPOSE="docker-compose"
+fi
+
+# Clean old data directories (may be owned by root from Docker)
+if [ -d "data" ]; then
+    echo "Cleaning old data directories..."
+    if ! rm -rf data/ 2>/dev/null; then
+        # If normal rm fails (permission denied), provide clear instructions
+        echo ""
+        echo "ERROR: Cannot remove data directories due to permission issues."
+        echo "This happens because Docker creates files as root."
+        echo ""
+        echo "Please run one of the following to clean up:"
+        echo "  sudo rm -rf data/"
+        echo "  sudo chown -R \$(id -u):\$(id -g) data/ && rm -rf data/"
+        echo ""
+        echo "Then run this script again."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Create fresh data directories with correct permissions
+echo "Preparing data directories..."
+mkdir -p data/{next-orly,khatru-sqlite,khatru-badger,relayer-basic,strfry,nostr-rs-relay,postgres}
+chmod 777 data/{next-orly,khatru-sqlite,khatru-badger,relayer-basic,strfry,nostr-rs-relay,postgres}
+
+echo "Starting benchmark suite..."
+echo "This will automatically shut down all containers when the benchmark completes."
+echo ""
+
+# Run docker compose with flags to exit when benchmark-runner completes
+$DOCKER_COMPOSE up --exit-code-from benchmark-runner --abort-on-container-exit
+
+echo ""
+echo "Benchmark suite has completed and all containers have been stopped."
+echo "Check the ./reports/ directory for results."