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+Recently, I decided to benchmark the performance of Auth Redux in order to weed out any potential bottlenecks. So I put it to the test against two different SQLite3 implementations using a database of over 522,000 records from the JT2 server
+
+Much to my surprise, Auth Redux doesn't suffer at all when it comes to raw speed. It's insanely fast compared to both sauth and the new Minetest 5.0 builtin. For every test, it vastly out-performed these other authentication handlers. I'm talking orders of magnitude amounting to hundreds and even thousands of milliseconds, as shown by these baseline measurements:
+
+![](https://i.imgur.com/ndNmjVv.png)
+
+Even the database file size of Auth Redux is just 2/3rds that of auth.sqlite used by Minetest 5.0. And yet the schema is far more extensive (including total time spent playing, initial login timestamp, total player sessions, etc.) When it comes to rsyncing files in the hundreds of megabytes over SSH, this can make a huge difference.
+
+![](https://i.imgur.com/e1K4Boo.png)
+
+Perhaps, the biggest area of concern for most admins is the execution time during player joins. If a high-traffic server averages around 30 players joining every minute at peak hour, sauth would consume over 20 seconds of CPU cycles (that is 1/3 of server time spent processing authorization). Meanwhile, auth_rx clocks in at just 3.8 milliseconds after 30 player joins.
+
+For each test below, I performed five independent trials and averaged the results to get the most accurate figure possible.
+
+![](https://i.imgur.com/lbzLlds.png)
+
+![](https://i.imgur.com/rnFkvmU.png)
+
+![](https://i.imgur.com/QW5Wce7.png)
+
+As the benchmarks below reveal, there is no discernible benefit to using an SQLite3 backend for authentication, whether in terms of reliability or performance. If anything, SQLite3 databases are a hindrance when it comes to random access of large volumes of data, and more than likely the culprit for why some high-traffic servers lately are experiencing notable lag spikes.
+
+```
+***************************************************
+*                                                 *
+*  BENCHMARK RESULTS :: sauth Mod                 *
+*                                                 *
+***************************************************
+
+-----------------
+-- Player Join --
+-----------------
+
+Trial #1				
+on_prejoinplayer:   191.557 ms
+get_auth:           182.467 ms
+get_auth:             0.006 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+on_joinplayer:       282.47 ms
+
+Trial #2				
+on_prejoinplayer:    46.517 ms
+get_auth:            45.812 ms
+get_auth:             0.006 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:      283.108 ms
+
+Trial #3				
+on_prejoinplayer:   222.382 ms
+get_auth:           223.67 ms
+get_auth:             0.005 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:      286.856 ms
+
+Trial #4				
+on_prejoinplayer:    40.254 ms
+get_auth:            40.191 ms
+get_auth:             0.005 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:      277.572 ms
+
+Trial #5				
+on_prejoinplayer:   113.755 ms
+get_auth:           113.559 ms
+get_auth:             0.005 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+on_joinplayer:      302.207 ms
+
+grand total:       2652.377 ms (530.475 ms per trial)
+
+---------------------
+-- New Player Join --
+---------------------
+
+Trial #1					
+on_prejoinplayer:   667.582 ms
+create_auth:         55.143 ms
+get_auth:           239.711 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+on_joinplayer:      284.481 ms
+
+Trial #2					
+on_prejoinplayer:   651.416 ms
+create_auth:         70.514 ms
+get_auth:           241.781 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+on_joinplayer:      291.393 ms
+
+Trial #3					
+on_prejoinplayer:   653.206 ms
+create_auth:         81.624 ms
+get_auth:           241.273 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+on_joinplayer:      286.546 ms
+
+Trial #4					
+on_prejoinplayer:    52.127 ms
+create_auth:         47.274 ms
+get_auth:           242.559 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+on_joinplayer:      289.712 ms
+
+Trial #5					
+on_prejoinplayer:   652.577 ms
+create_auth:         50.841 ms
+get_auth:           241.937 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+on_joinplayer:      287.050 ms
+
+grand total:       6228.747 ms (1245.749 ms per trial)
+
+--------------------
+-- Set Privileges --
+--------------------
+
+Trial #1
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+get_auth:            46.787 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.000 ms
+set_privileges:     332.599 ms
+get_auth:             0.003
+
+Trial #2
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+get_auth:           222.644 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+set_privileges:     296.785 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+
+Trial #3
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.000 ms
+get_auth:            40.614 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+set_privileges:     298.970 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+
+Trial #4
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+get_auth:           113.697 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+get_auth:             0.000 ms
+set_privileges:     296.746 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+
+Trial #5
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+get_auth:           182.452 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+set_privileges:     287.106 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+
+grant total:       2118.460 ms (423.692 ms per trial)
+
+
+***************************************************
+*                                                 *
+*  BENCHMARK RESULTS :: Auth Redux Mod            *
+*                                                 *
+***************************************************
+
+-----------------
+-- Player Join --
+-----------------
+
+Trial #1
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.059 ms
+get_auth:             0.009 ms
+get_auth:             0.016 ms
+get_auth:             0.006 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.038 ms
+
+Trial #2
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.063 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.005 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.039 ms
+
+Trial #3
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.066 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.039 ms
+
+Trial #4
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.064 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.056 ms
+
+Trial #5
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.062 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+get_auth:             0.005 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.037 ms
+
+grand total:          0.584 ms (0.117 ms per trial)
+
+---------------------
+-- New Player Join --
+---------------------
+
+Trial #1
+on_prejoinplayer:   521.555 ms
+create_auth:          0.101 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.039 ms
+
+Trial #2
+on_prejoinplayer:   231.001 ms
+create_auth:          0.080 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.038 ms
+
+Trial #3
+on_prejoinplayer:   265.901 ms
+create_auth:          0.081 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.037 ms
+
+Trial #4
+on_prejoinplayer:   265.861 ms
+create_auth:          0.099 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.038 ms
+
+Trial #5
+on_prejoinplayer:   243.255 ms
+create_auth:          0.082 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+get_auth:             0.001 ms
+on_joinplayer:        0.039 ms
+
+total:             1528.334 ms (305.667 ms per trial)
+
+--------------------
+-- Set Privileges --
+--------------------
+
+Trial #1
+get_auth:            0.012 ms
+get_auth:            0.005 ms
+get_auth:            0.001 ms
+get_auth:            0.000 ms
+get_auth:            0.007 ms
+set_privileges:      0.081 ms
+get_auth:            0.001 ms
+
+Trial #2
+get_auth:            0.014 ms
+get_auth:            0.005 ms
+get_auth:            0.001 ms
+get_auth:            0.000 ms
+get_auth:            0.010 ms
+set_privileges:      0.056 ms
+get_auth:            0.001 ms
+
+Trial #3
+get_auth:            0.014 ms
+get_auth:            0.005 ms
+get_auth:            0.001 ms
+get_auth:            0.000 ms
+get_auth:            0.010 ms
+set_privileges:      0.056 ms
+get_auth:            0.001 ms
+
+Trial #4
+get_auth:            0.013 ms
+get_auth:            0.005 ms
+get_auth:            0.002 ms
+get_auth:            0.000 ms
+get_auth:            0.005 ms
+set_privileges:      0.071 ms
+get_auth:            0.001 ms
+
+Trial #5
+get_auth:            0.012 ms
+get_auth:            0.005 ms
+get_auth:            0.001 ms
+get_auth:            0.000 ms
+get_auth:            0.006 ms
+set_privileges:      0.071 ms
+get_auth:            0.002 ms
+
+grant total:         0.475 ms (0.095 ms per trial)
+
+
+***************************************************
+*                                                 *
+*  BENCHMARK RESULTS :: Minetest 0.4.16 Builtin   *
+*                                                 *
+***************************************************
+
+-----------------
+-- Player Join --
+-----------------
+
+Trial #1
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.001 ms
+get_auth:             0.016 ms
+get_auth:             0.017 ms
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+on_joinplayer:     4470.633 ms
+
+Trial #2
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.000 ms
+get_auth:             0.009 ms
+get_auth:             0.011 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+on_joinplayer:     5088.943 ms
+
+Trial #3
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.001 ms
+get_auth:             0.009 ms
+get_auth:             0.012 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+on_joinplayer:     4691.093 ms
+
+Trial #4
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.001 ms
+get_auth:             0.01 ms
+get_auth:             0.011 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+on_joinplayer:     4808.14 ms
+
+Trial #5
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.001 ms
+get_auth:             0.009 ms
+get_auth:             0.012 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+on_joinplayer:     4806.502 ms
+
+grand total:      23865.468 ms (4773.094 ms per trial)
+
+---------------------
+-- New Player Join --
+---------------------
+
+Trial #1
+on_prejoinplayer:   242.375 ms
+create_auth:       4781.226 ms
+get_auth:             0.010 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+on_joinplayer:     4871.191 ms
+
+Trial #2
+on_prejoinplayer:   274.661 ms
+create_auth:       4876.873 ms
+get_auth:             0.010 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+on_joinplayer:     4830.267 ms
+
+Trial #3
+on_prejoinplayer:   274.616 ms
+create_auth:       5079.059 ms
+get_auth:             0.010 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+on_joinplayer:     4688.667 ms
+
+Trial #4
+on_prejoinplayer:   281.815 ms
+create_auth:       5106.088 ms
+get_auth:             0.011 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+on_joinplayer:     4859.933 ms
+
+Trial #5
+on_prejoinplayer:   314.042 ms
+create_auth:       4490.457 ms
+get_auth:             0.014 ms
+get_auth:             0.005 ms
+on_joinplayer:     4873.050 ms
+
+grand total:      49844.391 ms (9968.878 ms per trial)
+
+--------------------
+-- Set Privileges --
+--------------------
+
+Trial #1
+get_auth:             0.018 ms
+get_auth:             0.008 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+set_privileges:    5112.665 ms
+get_auth:             0.009 ms
+
+Trial #2
+get_auth:             0.017 ms
+get_auth:             0.007 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+set_privileges:    4678.318 ms
+get_auth:             0.010 ms
+
+Trial #3
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+get_auth:             0.009 ms
+get_auth:             0.004 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+set_privileges:    4772.478 ms
+get_auth:             0.010 ms
+
+Trial #4
+get_auth:             0.021 ms
+get_auth:             0.009 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+set_privileges:    4752.323 ms
+get_auth:             0.011 ms
+
+Trial #5
+get_auth:             0.020 ms
+get_auth:             0.009 ms
+get_auth:             0.003 ms
+get_auth:             0.002 ms
+set_privileges:    4820.505 ms
+get_auth:             0.010 ms
+
+grand total:      24136.500 ms (4827.300 ms per trial)
+
+
+***************************************************
+*                                                 *
+*  BENCHMARK RESULTS :: Minetest 5.0 Builtin      *
+*                                                 *
+***************************************************
+
+-----------------
+-- Player Join --
+-----------------
+
+Trial #1
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.290 ms
+get_auth:             0.040 ms
+get_auth:             0.053 ms
+get_auth:             0.036 ms
+on_joinplayer:       64.240 ms
+get_auth:             0.075 ms
+get_auth:             0.031 ms
+get_auth:             0.029 ms
+get_auth:             0.028 ms
+get_auth:             0.025 ms
+get_auth:             0.029 ms
+get_auth:             0.029 ms
+
+Trial #2
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.075 ms
+get_auth:             0.039 ms
+get_auth:             0.046 ms
+get_auth:             0.030 ms
+on_joinplayer:       61.444 ms
+get_auth:             0.057 ms
+get_auth:             0.024 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+get_auth:             0.020 ms
+get_auth:             0.024 ms
+get_auth:             0.024 ms
+
+Trial #3
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.078 ms
+get_auth:             0.028 ms
+get_auth:             0.047 ms
+get_auth:             0.026 ms
+on_joinplayer:       73.072 ms
+get_auth:             0.058 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+get_auth:             0.020 ms
+get_auth:             0.019 ms
+get_auth:             0.019 ms
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+get_auth:             0.033 ms
+
+Trial #4
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.077 ms
+get_auth:             0.026 ms
+get_auth:             0.048 ms
+get_auth:             0.026 ms
+on_joinplayer:       94.677 ms
+get_auth:             0.056 ms
+get_auth:             0.024 ms
+get_auth:             0.021 ms
+get_auth:             0.019 ms
+get_auth:             0.019 ms
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+
+Trial #5
+on_prejoinplayer:     0.076 ms
+get_auth:             0.050 ms
+get_auth:             0.045 ms
+get_auth:             0.026 ms
+on_joinplayer:       50.702 ms
+get_auth:             0.058 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+get_auth:             0.020 ms
+get_auth:             0.020 ms
+get_auth:             0.019 ms
+get_auth:             0.025 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+
+grand total:	    346.303 ms (69.260 ms per trial)
+
+---------------------
+-- New Player Join --
+---------------------
+
+Trial #1
+on_prejoinplayer:   776.039 ms
+create_auth:          0.008 ms
+get_auth:             0.05 ms
+get_auth:             0.028 ms
+on_joinplayer:       60.969 ms
+get_auth:             0.061 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+get_auth:             0.02 ms
+get_auth:             0.019 ms
+get_auth:             0.06 ms
+get_auth:             0.025 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+
+Trial #2
+on_prejoinplayer:   736.077 ms
+create_auth:          0.008 ms
+get_auth:             0.050 ms
+get_auth:             0.025 ms
+on_joinplayer:       52.891 ms
+get_auth:             0.060 ms
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+get_auth:             0.020 ms
+get_auth:             0.019 ms
+get_auth:             0.018 ms
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+
+Trial #3
+on_prejoinplayer:   729.159 ms
+create_auth:          0.008 ms
+get_auth:             0.614 ms
+get_auth:             0.028 ms
+on_joinplayer:       74.917 ms
+get_auth:             0.059 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+get_auth:             0.021 ms
+get_auth:             0.033 ms
+get_auth:             0.034 ms
+get_auth:             0.024 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+
+Trial #4
+on_prejoinplayer:   822.92 ms
+create_auth:          0.007 ms
+get_auth:             0.051 ms
+get_auth:             0.026 ms
+on_joinplayer:       65.927 ms
+get_auth:             0.06 ms
+get_auth:             0.024 ms
+get_auth:             0.021 ms
+get_auth:             0.019 ms
+get_auth:             0.019 ms
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+
+Trial #5
+on_prejoinplayer:   588.514 ms
+create_auth:          0.007 ms
+get_auth:             0.049 ms
+get_auth:             0.025 ms
+on_joinplayer:       57.614 ms
+get_auth:             0.059 ms
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+get_auth:             0.021 ms
+get_auth:             0.02 ms
+get_auth:             0.018 ms
+get_auth:             0.022 ms
+get_auth:             0.039 ms
+
+grand total:       3967.030 ms (793.406 ms per trial)
+
+--------------------
+-- Set Privileges --
+--------------------
+
+Trial #1
+get_auth:             0.085 ms
+get_auth:             0.030 ms
+get_auth:             0.039 ms
+get_auth:             0.021 ms
+set_privileges:      62.812 ms
+get_auth:             0.056 ms
+
+Trial #2
+get_auth:             0.086 ms
+get_auth:             0.032 ms
+get_auth:             0.038 ms
+get_auth:             0.023 ms
+set_privileges:      63.765 ms
+get_auth:             0.057 ms
+
+Trial #3
+get_auth:             0.084 ms
+get_auth:             0.031 ms
+get_auth:             0.034 ms
+get_auth:             0.021 ms
+set_privileges:      68.226 ms
+get_auth:             0.057 ms
+
+Trial #4
+get_auth:             0.083 ms
+get_auth:             0.031 ms
+get_auth:             0.035 ms
+get_auth:             0.021 ms
+set_privileges:      56.744 ms
+get_auth:             0.056 ms
+
+Trial #5
+get_auth:             0.084 ms
+get_auth:             0.031 ms
+get_auth:             0.033 ms
+get_auth:             0.021 ms
+set_privileges:      64.044 ms
+get_auth:             0.055 ms
+
+grand total:        316.735 ms (63.347 ms per trial)
+```
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