/service-bus-dotnet-messaging-performance

This sample can be used to help benchmark Service Bus premium messaging, and can be used for performance best practices.

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service-bus-dotnet-messaging-performance

This sample can be used to help benchmark Service Bus Premium Messaging, and can be used for performance best practices. Check out the related blog post for additional information - https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/servicebus/2016/07/18/premium-messaging-how-fast-is-it/

Running this sample

Prerequisites

  1. Visual Studio - https://www.visualstudio.com/products/vs-2015-product-editions
  2. An Azure subscription
  3. An Azure VM that is located in the same region as the Service Bus Namespace - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-hero-tutorial/

Create a Service Bus Namespace

  1. Log on to the Azure classic portal
  2. In the left navigation pane of the portal, click Service Bus.
  3. In the lower pane of the portal, click Create.
  4. In the Add a new namespace dialog, enter a namespace name. The system immediately checks to see if the name is available.
  5. After making sure the namespace name is available, choose the country or region in which your namespace should be hosted.
  6. Select Premium for the messaging tier, then Click the OK check mark. The system now creates your namespace and enables it. You might have to wait several minutes as the system provisions resources for your account.

Obtain the credentials

  1. In the left navigation pane, click the Service Bus node, to display the list of available namespaces:
  2. Select the namespace you just created from the list shown.
  3. Click Connection Information.
  4. In the Access connection information pane, find the connection string that contains the SAS key and key name.
  5. Make a note of the key, or copy it to the clipboard.

For more detailed instructions on creating a Service Bus Namespace, please follow step 1 of this tutorial: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/#1-create-a-namespace-using-the-azure-portal

About the code

Since the primary goal of this sample was to show maximum throughput, we followed the best practices below:

  1. Use AMQP as the message transport protocol
  2. Use async where available
  3. Use Partitioning (which is always enabled on premium)
  4. Avoiding advanced features such as transactions, sessions, and duplicate detection