gistfile1.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'benchmark'
require 'fileutils'
require 'moneta'
require 'moneta/rufus'

FileUtils.rm_f 'benchmark.tch'
cabinet = Moneta::Rufus.new(:file => 'benchmark')

tweet = {"created_at"=>"Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:13:49 +0000", "profile_image_url"=>"http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/60834644/barack-obama2008_normal.jpg", "from_user"=>"TeamObama", "to_user_id"=>nil, "text"=>"Twitter post Obama targets waste in contract process - Baltimore Sun: Boston GlobeObama targets waste in .. http://tinyurl.com/bvvx2n", "id"=>1282653724, "from_user_id"=>2437269, "iso_language_code"=>"en", "source"=>"<a href="http://twitterfeed.com">twitterfeed</a>"}


puts "Write"
Benchmark.bm(5) do |x|
  x.report("Moneta::Rufus") do
    500_000.times do |n|
      cabinet[n.to_s] = tweet
    end
  end
end

puts "Read"
Benchmark.bm(5) do |x|
  x.report("Moneta::Rufus") do
    200_000.times do |n|
      cabinet[n]
    end
  end
end

gistfile2.rb

Write
                   user     system      total        real
Moneta::Rufus 23.850000   5.520000  29.370000 ( 50.425661)

Read
                   user     system      total        real
Moneta::Rufus 15.930000   1.300000  17.230000 ( 17.769838)