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fix besu prometheus scrape path to /metrics
qu0b Feb 10, 2026
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add dedicated benchmark nodes
qu0b Feb 12, 2026
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prepare bench ansible config
qu0b Feb 12, 2026
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fix: disable parallelization in besu sequential benchmark
qu0b Feb 15, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion ansible/inventories/devnet-2/group_vars/besu.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ prometheus_config: |
labels:
instance: "{{ ethereum_network_name }}-{{ inventory_hostname }}"
- job_name: "execution"
metrics_path: "/debug/metrics/prometheus"
metrics_path: "/metrics"
static_configs:
- targets: ["execution:{{ ethereum_node_el_ports_metrics }}"]
labels:
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion ansible/inventories/devnet-2/group_vars/ethereum_node.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ prometheus_remote_write_username: "{{ secret_prometheus_remote_write.username }}
prometheus_remote_write_password: "{{ secret_prometheus_remote_write.password }}"
prometheus_config: |
global:
scrape_interval: 30s
scrape_interval: 12s
evaluation_interval: 30s
scrape_timeout: 10s
external_labels:
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion ansible/inventories/devnet-2/group_vars/geth.yaml
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prometheus_config: |
global:
scrape_interval: 30s
scrape_interval: 12s
evaluation_interval: 30s
scrape_timeout: 10s
external_labels:
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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-besu-noprefetch-super-1.yaml
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# Benchmark: noprefetch (prefetch disabled, bonsai cache enabled)
besu_container_image: ethpandaops/besu:bal-devnet-2-with-prefetch
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you will have in this case parallel stateroot and parallel transaction execution


besu_container_command_extra_args:
- --genesis-file=/network-config/besu.json
- --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,DEBUG,ETH,MINER,NET,TRACE,TXPOOL,WEB3
- --sync-mode=FULL
- --data-storage-format=BONSAI
- --bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled=false
- --bonsai-historical-block-limit=100000000
- --bootnodes={{ ethereum_el_bootnodes | join(',') }}
- --target-gas-limit=80000000
- --Xbal-prefetch-reading-enabled=false
- --bonsai-cache-enabled=true
- --Xbal-trust-state-root=true
- --Xbal-perfect-parallelization-enabled=true
15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-besu-optimized-super-1.yaml
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# Benchmark: optimized (prefetch enabled)
besu_container_image: ethpandaops/besu:bal-devnet-2-with-prefetch

besu_container_command_extra_args:
- --genesis-file=/network-config/besu.json
- --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,DEBUG,ETH,MINER,NET,TRACE,TXPOOL,WEB3
- --sync-mode=FULL
- --data-storage-format=BONSAI
- --bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled=false
- --bonsai-historical-block-limit=100000000
- --bootnodes={{ ethereum_el_bootnodes | join(',') }}
- --target-gas-limit=80000000
- --Xbal-prefetch-reading-enabled=true
- --Xbal-trust-state-root=true
- --Xbal-perfect-parallelization-enabled=true
15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-besu-sequential-super-1.yaml
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# Benchmark: sequential (BAL optimization disabled)
besu_container_image: ethpandaops/besu:bal-devnet-2-with-prefetch

besu_container_command_extra_args:
- --genesis-file=/network-config/besu.json
- --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,DEBUG,ETH,MINER,NET,TRACE,TXPOOL,WEB3
- --sync-mode=FULL
- --data-storage-format=BONSAI
- --bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled=false
- --bonsai-historical-block-limit=100000000
- --bootnodes={{ ethereum_el_bootnodes | join(',') }}
- --target-gas-limit=80000000
- --Xbal-optimization-enabled=false
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I will prefer to add also

--Xbal-perfect-parallelization-enabled=false and --Xbal-trust-state-root=false

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in this case you will have the optimistic parallelization that is not using BAL . So we will maybe see less optimization compared to some client that don't have // without BAL

- --Xbal-perfect-parallelization-enabled=false
- --Xbal-trust-state-root=false
16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-geth-noprefetch-super-1.yaml
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# Benchmark: noprefetch (parallel execution without async warming)
default_ethereum_client_images:
lighthouse: ethpandaops/lighthouse:bal-devnet-2-65bb283
geth: ethpandaops/geth:bal-devnet-2

geth_container_command_extra_args:
- --http.api=eth,net,web3,debug,admin,txpool,trace
- --http.vhosts=*
- --networkid={{ ethereum_network_id }}
- --syncmode=full
- --history.state=0
- --gcmode=archive
- --syncmode=full
- --bootnodes={{ ethereum_el_bootnodes | join(',') }}
- --miner.gaslimit=80000000
- --bal.executionmode=nobatchio
16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-geth-optimized-super-1.yaml
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# Benchmark: optimized (full BAL acceleration)
default_ethereum_client_images:
lighthouse: ethpandaops/lighthouse:bal-devnet-2
geth: ethpandaops/geth:bal-devnet-2

geth_container_command_extra_args:
- --http.api=eth,net,web3,debug,admin,txpool,trace
- --http.vhosts=*
- --networkid={{ ethereum_network_id }}
- --syncmode=full
- --history.state=0
- --gcmode=archive
- --syncmode=full
- --bootnodes={{ ethereum_el_bootnodes | join(',') }}
- --miner.gaslimit=80000000
- --bal.executionmode=full
16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-geth-sequential-super-1.yaml
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# Benchmark: sequential (no BAL acceleration)
default_ethereum_client_images:
lighthouse: ethpandaops/lighthouse:bal-devnet-2
geth: ethpandaops/geth:bal-devnet-2

geth_container_command_extra_args:
- --http.api=eth,net,web3,debug,admin,txpool,trace
- --http.vhosts=*
- --networkid={{ ethereum_network_id }}
- --syncmode=full
- --history.state=0
- --gcmode=archive
- --syncmode=full
- --bootnodes={{ ethereum_el_bootnodes | join(',') }}
- --miner.gaslimit=80000000
- --bal.executionmode=sequential
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var.grandine_besu_super,
var.grandine_reth_super,
var.grandine_nimbusel_super,
# Benchmark Nodes
var.lighthouse_besu_sequential_super,
var.lighthouse_besu_optimized_super,
var.lighthouse_besu_noprefetch_super,
var.lighthouse_geth_sequential_super,
var.lighthouse_geth_optimized_super,
var.lighthouse_geth_noprefetch_super
]
}
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}
}

variable "lighthouse_geth_optimized_super" {
default = {
name = "lighthouse-geth-optimized-super"
count = 1
validator_start = 0
validator_end = 0
size = "ccX33"
supernode = true
}
}

variable "lighthouse_geth_sequential_super" {
default = {
name = "lighthouse-geth-sequential-super"
count = 1
validator_start = 0
validator_end = 0
size = "ccx33"
supernode = true
}
}

variable "lighthouse_geth_noprefetch_super" {
default = {
name = "lighthouse-geth-noprefetch-super"
count = 1
validator_start = 0
validator_end = 0
size = "ccx33"
supernode = true
}
}

variable "lighthouse_besu_super" {
default = {
name = "lighthouse-besu-super"
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}
}

variable "lighthouse_besu_optimized_super" {
default = {
name = "lighthouse-besu-optimized-super"
count = 1
validator_start = 0
validator_end = 0
size = "ccX33"
supernode = true
}
}

variable "lighthouse_besu_sequential_super" {
default = {
name = "lighthouse-besu-sequential-super"
count = 1
validator_start = 0
validator_end = 0
size = "ccx33"
supernode = true
}
}

variable "lighthouse_besu_noprefetch_super" {
default = {
name = "lighthouse-besu-noprefetch-super"
count = 1
validator_start = 0
validator_end = 0
size = "ccx33"
supernode = true
}
}

variable "lighthouse_nethermind_super" {
default = {
name = "lighthouse-nethermind-super"
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