--- title: Running database workloads on Red Hat OpenShift... description: A step-by-step guide for running database performance benchmarks using HammerDB on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. Covers setting up virtual machines on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/running-database-workloads-on-red-hat-openshift-virtualization-zdj1h1kgk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Running database workloads on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide for running database performance benchmarks using HammerDB on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. Covers setting up virtual machines on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/running-database-workloads-on-red-hat-openshift-virtualization-zdj1h1kgk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Zdj1h1kGK.png og:image:alt: Running database workloads on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Running database workloads on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization **[Red Hat Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide for running database performance benchmarks using HammerDB on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. Covers setting up virtual machines on OpenShift with CentOS Stream 9, configuring dedicated block storage and passwordless SSH, then executing TPC-C workloads against MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL Server using containerized Podman-based benchmark runners. Includes scripts for VM provisioning, benchmark execution, and result extraction, with notes on warehouse sizing and storage planning. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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