Here is another set of results using a db with ~300k docs and ~10 views
in the design doc.
Fedora Core2Duo 2GHz, 7200RPM disk:
{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.0.3"} (spidermonkey 1.8.5) (stock
package)
real 9m9.086s
user 0m0.007s
sys 0m0.016s
{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.1.1"} (spidermonkey 1.8.5) (git-1.1.1)
real 7m59.437s
user 0m0.007s
sys 0m0.016s
{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.2.0"} (spidermonkey 1.8.5)
(git-db8335bf2a)
real 6m25.469s
user 0m0.009s
sys 0m0.027s
Centos Xeon 2.27GHz (2 cores) 15k SCSI/RAID 10:
{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.0.1"} (spidermonkey 1.7.0) (stock package)
real 13m16.480s
user 0m0.001s
sys 0m0.004s
{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.1.1"} (spidermonkey 1.8.5) (git-1.1.1)
real 6m14.999s
user 0m0.001s
sys 0m0.003s
{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.2.0"} (spidermonkey 1.8.5)
(git-fb72251bc7)
real 5m24.925s
user 0m0.002s
sys 0m0.004s
While there are certainly speed improvements over 1.1.1, the biggest
change is moving to a newer spidermonkey.
Wendall