DBJoules: An Energy Measurement Tool for Database Management Systems

Abstract: In the rapidly evolving landscape of modern data-driven technologies, software relies on large datasets and constant data center operations using various database systems to support computation-intensive tasks. As energy consumption in software systems becomes a growing concern, selecting the right database from energy-efficiency perspective is also critical. To address this, we introduce \textbf{\textit{DBJoules}}, a tool that measures the energy consumption of activities in database systems. \textit{DBJoules} supports energy measurement of CRUD operations for four popular databases. Through evaluations on two widely-used datasets, we identify disparities of 7\% to 38\% in the energy consumption of these databases. Hence, the goal is to raise developer awareness about the effect of running queries in different databases from an energy consumption perspective, enabling them to select appropriate database for sustainable usage. The tool's demonstration is available at \url{https://youtu.be/D1MTZum0jok} and related artifacts at \url{https://rishalab.github.io/DBJoules/}.