diff --git a/bin/install-dependencies.sh b/bin/install-dependencies.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+apt -y install make automake libtool pkg-config libaio-dev libssl-dev
+apt -y install libmysqlclient-dev 
+# alternatively use this if libmysqlclient-dev is not available on the linux distribution that is used :
+# apt -y install libmariadb-dev libmariadb-dev-compat # libmariadb-dev-compat:amd64?
+apt -y install libpq-dev
+apt -y install lm-sensors
+git clone https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench
+cd sysbench/
+./autogen.sh
+./configure
+make -j
+make install
+cd ..
diff --git a/bin/run-benchmark.sh b/bin/run-benchmark.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ $# -lt 1 ]] ; then
+  echo "\\o/"
+  echo "Not enough arguments supplied" >&2
+  echo "You need to pass a name to store the test results" >&2
+  echo " |" >&2
+  echo "syntax: " >&2
+  echo "  $(basename $0) <test-name> " >&2
+  echo "example: " >&2
+  echo "  $(basename $0) odroid-h2+-emmc " >&2
+  echo "/!\\" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+LOGFILE="test_$1_$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').log"
+
+echo ' '
+echo "#### Starting benchmark ####" | tee $LOGFILE
+echo TS=$(date  --rfc-3339=ns) | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "### Sleeping for a 3 minutes cooldown period ###" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "!!! Stop all other activities on the machine until the end of the test to avoid biasing the benchmark results !!!"
+sleep 3m
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "#### Cold test - CPU ####" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1  | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench cpu run --threads=8 2>&1  | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1  | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "### Sleeping for a 3 minutes cooldown period ###" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sleep 3m
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "#### Cold test - RAM ####" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench memory run --threads=8 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "### Sleeping for a 3 minutes cooldown period ###" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sleep 3m 
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "#### cold test - disk ####" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench fileio prepare 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench fileio run --threads=4 --file-test-mode=rndrw --file-io-mode=async 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench fileio cleanup 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "### Stressing the CPU for a 10 minutes warmup period ###" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+for i in {1..10}
+do
+  /usr/local/bin/sysbench cpu run --threads=8 --time=60 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+  sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+done
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "#### Hot test - CPU ####" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench cpu run --threads=8 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "#### Hot test - RAM ####" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench memory run --threads=8 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "#### Hot test - disk ####" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench fileio prepare 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench fileio run --threads=4 --file-test-mode=rndrw --file-io-mode=async 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+/usr/local/bin/sysbench fileio cleanup 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "#### Continue stressing CPU to consume power for a while ####" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+for i in {1..6}
+do
+  /usr/local/bin/sysbench cpu run --threads=8 --time=300 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+  sensors 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+done
+
+echo ' ' | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo TS=$(date  --rfc-3339=ns) | tee -a $LOGFILE
+echo "#### Tests complete ####" | tee -a $LOGFILE