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+//NOTE: this script require node.js v8+ to run (native async/await)
+var uuid = require('uuid');
+var client = require('../src/client');
+var conn = client.createConnection({}, 'tcp://localhost:1113');
+conn.on('connected', onConnected);
+
+var batchSize = parseInt(process.argv[2], 10) || 500;
+const MB = 1024*1024;
+const adminCreds = new client.UserCredentials("admin", "changeit");
+const nbEvents = 50000;
+const events = [];
+const streams = [];
+const writeOneStream = 'testWrite-' + uuid.v4();
+for(var i = 0; i < nbEvents; i++) {
+  streams.push('testWrite-' + uuid.v4());
+  events.push(client.createJsonEventData(uuid.v4(), {a:i, b:i+1, c:i+2}, null, 'myEvent'))
+}
+conn.connect();
+
+function rssMB() {
+  return (process.memoryUsage().rss / MB).toFixed(2);
+}
+
+function reportResult(action, nbEvents, elapsedMs) {
+  console.log(action, nbEvents, 'events took', elapsedMs, 'ms, avg', (nbEvents/(elapsedMs/1000)).toFixed(2), '/s');
+  console.log('Memory usage:', rssMB(), 'MB\n');
+}
+
+async function testWriteOneStreamAnyVersion(batchSize) {
+  console.log(`Test Write One Stream Any Version (batchSize = ${batchSize})...`);
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const promises = [];
+  for(let i = 0; i < nbEvents; i += batchSize) {
+    promises.push(conn.appendToStream(writeOneStream, client.expectedVersion.any, events.slice(i, i + batchSize)))
+  }
+  await Promise.all(promises);
+  var diff = Date.now() - start;
+  reportResult("Writing", nbEvents, diff)
+}
+
+async function testWriteOneStreamWithVersion(batchSize) {
+  console.log(`Test Write One Stream With Version (batchSize = ${batchSize})...`);
+  const writeStream = 'testWrite-' + uuid.v4();
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const promises = [];
+  for(let i = 0; i < nbEvents; i += batchSize) {
+    promises.push(conn.appendToStream(writeStream, i-1, events.slice(i, i + batchSize)))
+  }
+  await Promise.all(promises);
+  var diff = Date.now() - start;
+  reportResult("Writing", nbEvents, diff)
+}
+
+async function testWriteMultipleStream() {
+  console.log('Test Write Multiple Streams...');
+  var start = Date.now();
+  var promises = [];
+  for(var i = 0; i < nbEvents; i++) {
+    promises.push(conn.appendToStream(streams[i], client.expectedVersion.emptyStream, events[i]))
+  }
+  await Promise.all(promises);
+  const diff = Date.now() - start;
+  reportResult("Writing", nbEvents, diff)
+}
+
+async function testRead(batchSize) {
+  console.log(`Test Read One Stream (batchSize = ${batchSize})...`);
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const promises = [];
+  for(let i = 0; i < nbEvents; i += batchSize) {
+    promises.push(conn.readStreamEventsForward(writeOneStream, i, batchSize, false));
+  }
+  const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+  const diff = Date.now() - start;
+  const readEvents = results.reduce((x,y) => x + y.events.length, 0);
+  reportResult("Reading", readEvents, diff)
+}
+
+async function testReadAll(batchSize) {
+  console.log(`Test Read from $all (batchSize = ${batchSize})...`);
+  const start = Date.now();
+  let pos = client.positions.start;
+  let eventsCount = 0;
+  for(;;) {
+    var result = await conn.readAllEventsForward(pos, batchSize, false, adminCreds);
+    pos = result.nextPosition;
+    eventsCount += result.events.length;
+    if (result.isEndOfStream) break;
+  }
+  const diff = Date.now() - start;
+  reportResult("Reading", eventsCount, diff)
+}
+
+async function onConnected() {
+  try {
+    await testWriteOneStreamAnyVersion(1);
+    await testWriteOneStreamAnyVersion(batchSize);
+    await testWriteOneStreamWithVersion(1);
+    await testWriteOneStreamWithVersion(batchSize);
+    await testWriteMultipleStream();
+    await testRead(1);
+    await testRead(batchSize);
+    await testReadAll(batchSize);
+    conn.close();
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log('ERROR', e);
+  }
+}