[Spike] Increase startup speed

frequency-chain / frequency

Frequency: A Polkadot Parachain

https://www.frequency.xyz

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[Spike] Increase startup speed #1540

Closed p5150j closed 1 year ago

p5150j commented 1 year ago

We've seen some hints that our Frequency binary is slower to start than some other chains. Let's figure out why.

Timebox: 3 days MAX!

Outcomes:

Issues created to fix (if any)
Notes in this issue on how to test

Hints:

Frequency Dev startup 2x slower than Acala and Moonbeam
- Frequency startup (no-relay, manual) = 22 secs
- Moonbeam startup (manual) = 9 secs
- Acala (dev) = 12 secs
When doing initial sync, Frequency timed out some health checks with OnFinality.

Ideas (so far):

Takes a while to run hardware benchmarks? (Should we disable by default)
?

rlaferla commented 1 year ago

I think this issue is actually the difference between the debug and release builds.

The debug build of Frequency takes around 22 seconds but the release build only takes 6 seconds. The debug build of Moonbeam takes around 16 seconds and the release build only takes 8 seconds.