diff --git a/cedardb-parquet/benchmark.sh b/cedardb-parquet/benchmark.sh
index b278e4052..f8f3eb178 100755
--- a/cedardb-parquet/benchmark.sh
+++ b/cedardb-parquet/benchmark.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 # Thin shim — actual flow is in lib/benchmark-common.sh.
 export BENCH_DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT="download-hits-parquet-single"
 export BENCH_DURABLE=yes
+export PGHOST="/tmp"
+export PGUSER=postgres
+export PGDATABASE=postgres
+
 exec ../lib/benchmark-common.sh
diff --git a/cedardb-parquet/check b/cedardb-parquet/check
index f161a0820..1ff9f1a6d 100755
--- a/cedardb-parquet/check
+++ b/cedardb-parquet/check
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -c 'SELECT 1' >/dev/null
+psql -c 'SELECT 1' >/dev/null
diff --git a/cedardb-parquet/create.sql b/cedardb-parquet/create.sql
index d9cdd6cdd..9c4a44cd7 100644
--- a/cedardb-parquet/create.sql
+++ b/cedardb-parquet/create.sql
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ SELECT
     "RefererHash"           AS RefererHash,
     "URLHash"               AS URLHash,
     "CLID"                  AS CLID
-FROM '/data/hits.parquet';
+FROM 'hits.parquet';
diff --git a/cedardb-parquet/data-size b/cedardb-parquet/data-size
index 7a49e4474..9a5cea290 100755
--- a/cedardb-parquet/data-size
+++ b/cedardb-parquet/data-size
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 set -eu
 
 # No ingestion — reported size is the parquet file itself.
-stat -c%s data/hits.parquet
+stat -c%s hits.parquet
diff --git a/cedardb-parquet/install b/cedardb-parquet/install
index 2c6f09a04..5a2497e79 100755
--- a/cedardb-parquet/install
+++ b/cedardb-parquet/install
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 set -eu
 
 sudo apt-get update -y
-sudo apt-get install -y docker.io postgresql-client
+sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-client
 
-sudo docker pull cedardb/cedardb:latest
+# Stop any running instance before reinstalling
+./stop || true
 
-mkdir -p data db
-chmod -R 777 data db
+# Delete potential previously created database
+rm -rf ./db
+
+curl https://get.cedardb.com | bash -s -- -y \
+    --install-dir "$PWD" \
+    --db-dir "$PWD/db" \
+    --with-systemd=system
diff --git a/cedardb-parquet/load b/cedardb-parquet/load
index ee17527ef..4850506bd 100755
--- a/cedardb-parquet/load
+++ b/cedardb-parquet/load
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu
 
-# Stage parquet file under ./data so the docker container sees /data/hits.parquet.
-mkdir -p data
-mv hits.parquet data/
-chmod -R 777 data
-
-# create.sql defines a view over the parquet file — no ingestion needed.
-PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -t < create.sql
+# Substitute the absolute path so CedarDB can find the file regardless of
+# its working directory.
+sed "s|'hits\.parquet'|'$PWD/hits.parquet'|" create.sql | psql
 
 sync
diff --git a/cedardb-parquet/query b/cedardb-parquet/query
index 3261388dc..ebb3c2d49 100755
--- a/cedardb-parquet/query
+++ b/cedardb-parquet/query
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -e
 
 query=$(cat)
 
-raw=$(PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -t -c '\timing' -c "$query" 2>&1) && exit_code=0 || exit_code=$?
+raw=$(psql -t -c '\timing' -c "$query" 2>&1) && exit_code=0 || exit_code=$?
 
 if [ "$exit_code" -ne 0 ] || printf '%s\n' "$raw" | grep -qE '^ERROR|psql: error'; then
     printf '%s\n' "$raw" >&2
diff --git a/cedardb-parquet/start b/cedardb-parquet/start
index ad1d71439..c11e05a5c 100755
--- a/cedardb-parquet/start
+++ b/cedardb-parquet/start
@@ -1,19 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu
 
-if PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -c 'SELECT 1' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-sudo docker stop cedardb >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-sudo docker rm cedardb >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-
-sudo docker run -d --rm -p 5432:5432 \
-    -v "$(pwd)/data:/data" \
-    -v "$(pwd)/db:/var/lib/cedardb/data" \
-    -e CEDAR_PASSWORD=test \
-    --name cedardb cedardb/cedardb:latest >/dev/null
-
-until pg_isready -h localhost --dbname postgres -U postgres >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-    sleep 1
-done
+sudo systemctl start cedardb.service
diff --git a/cedardb-parquet/stop b/cedardb-parquet/stop
index 5d6ade0a8..0e5725506 100755
--- a/cedardb-parquet/stop
+++ b/cedardb-parquet/stop
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sudo docker stop cedardb >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+sudo systemctl stop cedardb.service || true
diff --git a/cedardb/benchmark.sh b/cedardb/benchmark.sh
index 432bd3ae1..f8f3eb178 100755
--- a/cedardb/benchmark.sh
+++ b/cedardb/benchmark.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Thin shim — actual flow is in lib/benchmark-common.sh.
-export BENCH_DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT="download-hits-tsv"
+export BENCH_DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT="download-hits-parquet-single"
 export BENCH_DURABLE=yes
+export PGHOST="/tmp"
+export PGUSER=postgres
+export PGDATABASE=postgres
+
 exec ../lib/benchmark-common.sh
diff --git a/cedardb/check b/cedardb/check
index f161a0820..1ff9f1a6d 100755
--- a/cedardb/check
+++ b/cedardb/check
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -c 'SELECT 1' >/dev/null
+psql -c 'SELECT 1' >/dev/null
diff --git a/cedardb/create.sql b/cedardb/create.sql
index 832d6e8e0..dc1be2024 100644
--- a/cedardb/create.sql
+++ b/cedardb/create.sql
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ create table hits (
     hasgclid              smallint     not null,
     refererhash           bigint       not null,
     urlhash               bigint       not null,
-    clid                  integer      not null,
-    primary key (counterid, eventdate, userid, eventtime, watchid)
+    clid                  integer      not null
 );
 
diff --git a/cedardb/data-size b/cedardb/data-size
index da53638e4..cbc6252fd 100755
--- a/cedardb/data-size
+++ b/cedardb/data-size
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu
 
-PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -q -t -A -c "SELECT pg_total_relation_size('hits');"
+psql -q -t -A -c "SELECT pg_total_relation_size('hits');"
diff --git a/cedardb/install b/cedardb/install
index 0043c4c84..86bbee2a6 100755
--- a/cedardb/install
+++ b/cedardb/install
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 set -eu
 
 sudo apt-get update -y
-sudo apt-get install -y docker.io postgresql-client gzip
+sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-client
 
-sudo docker pull cedardb/cedardb:latest
+# Stop any running instance before reinstalling
+./stop || true
 
-mkdir -p data db
-chmod -R 777 data db
+# Delete potential previously created database
+rm -rf ./db
+
+curl https://get.cedardb.com | bash -s -- -y \
+    --install-dir "$PWD" \
+    --db-dir "$PWD/db" \
+    --with-systemd=system
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cedardb/load b/cedardb/load
index eeb6fd3a7..1651aaba2 100755
--- a/cedardb/load
+++ b/cedardb/load
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu
 
-mkdir -p data
-mv hits.tsv data/
-chmod -R 777 data
-
-PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -t < create.sql
-
-PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -q -t -c "COPY hits FROM '/data/hits.tsv';"
-
-rm -f data/hits.tsv
+psql -f create.sql
+{
+    # CedarDB would like to have ~4 GB of memory per parallel worker for parquet import to be efficient, so set the number of workers accordingly.
+    echo "SET debug.parallel = $(( $(grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}') / (4 * 1024 * 1024) ));"
+    sed "s|'hits\.parquet'|'$PWD/hits.parquet'|" load.sql
+} | psql
+
+rm -f hits.parquet
 sync
diff --git a/cedardb/load.sql b/cedardb/load.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3a38cf89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cedardb/load.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+INSERT INTO hits SELECT
+"WatchID",
+"JavaEnable",
+"Title",
+"GoodEvent",
+to_timestamp("EventTime") as "EventTime",
+('1970-01-01'::date + "EventDate"::integer) as "EventDate",
+"CounterID",
+"ClientIP",
+"RegionID",
+"UserID",
+"CounterClass",
+"OS",
+"UserAgent",
+"URL",
+"Referer",
+"IsRefresh",
+"RefererCategoryID",
+"RefererRegionID",
+"URLCategoryID",
+"URLRegionID",
+"ResolutionWidth",
+"ResolutionHeight",
+"ResolutionDepth",
+"FlashMajor",
+"FlashMinor",
+"FlashMinor2",
+"NetMajor",
+"NetMinor",
+"UserAgentMajor",
+"UserAgentMinor",
+"CookieEnable",
+"JavascriptEnable",
+"IsMobile",
+"MobilePhone",
+"MobilePhoneModel",
+"Params",
+"IPNetworkID",
+"TraficSourceID",
+"SearchEngineID",
+"SearchPhrase",
+"AdvEngineID",
+"IsArtifical",
+"WindowClientWidth",
+"WindowClientHeight",
+"ClientTimeZone",
+to_timestamp("ClientEventTime") as "ClientEventTime",
+"SilverlightVersion1",
+"SilverlightVersion2",
+"SilverlightVersion3",
+"SilverlightVersion4",
+"PageCharset",
+"CodeVersion",
+"IsLink",
+"IsDownload",
+"IsNotBounce",
+"FUniqID",
+"OriginalURL",
+"HID",
+"IsOldCounter",
+"IsEvent",
+"IsParameter",
+"DontCountHits",
+"WithHash",
+"HitColor",
+to_timestamp("LocalEventTime") as "LocalEventTime",
+"Age",
+"Sex",
+"Income",
+"Interests",
+"Robotness",
+"RemoteIP",
+"WindowName",
+"OpenerName",
+"HistoryLength",
+"BrowserLanguage",
+"BrowserCountry",
+"SocialNetwork",
+"SocialAction",
+"HTTPError",
+"SendTiming",
+"DNSTiming",
+"ConnectTiming",
+"ResponseStartTiming",
+"ResponseEndTiming",
+"FetchTiming",
+"SocialSourceNetworkID",
+"SocialSourcePage",
+"ParamPrice",
+"ParamOrderID",
+"ParamCurrency",
+"ParamCurrencyID",
+"OpenstatServiceName",
+"OpenstatCampaignID",
+"OpenstatAdID",
+"OpenstatSourceID",
+"UTMSource",
+"UTMMedium",
+"UTMCampaign",
+"UTMContent",
+"UTMTerm",
+"FromTag",
+"HasGCLID",
+"RefererHash",
+"URLHash",
+"CLID"
+FROM 'hits.parquet';
diff --git a/cedardb/query b/cedardb/query
index 3261388dc..ebb3c2d49 100755
--- a/cedardb/query
+++ b/cedardb/query
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -e
 
 query=$(cat)
 
-raw=$(PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -t -c '\timing' -c "$query" 2>&1) && exit_code=0 || exit_code=$?
+raw=$(psql -t -c '\timing' -c "$query" 2>&1) && exit_code=0 || exit_code=$?
 
 if [ "$exit_code" -ne 0 ] || printf '%s\n' "$raw" | grep -qE '^ERROR|psql: error'; then
     printf '%s\n' "$raw" >&2
diff --git a/cedardb/results/20260510/c6a.4xlarge.json b/cedardb/results/20260510/c6a.4xlarge.json
deleted file mode 100644
index cd2d138f6..000000000
--- a/cedardb/results/20260510/c6a.4xlarge.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "system": "CedarDB",
-    "date": "2026-05-10",
-    "machine": "c6a.4xlarge",
-    "cluster_size": 1,
-    "proprietary": "yes",
-    "hardware": "cpu",
-    "tuned": "no",
-    "tags": ["C++","column-oriented","PostgreSQL compatible"],
-    "load_time": 714,
-    "data_size": 27875459920,
-    "result": [
-        [0.086, 0.011, 0.011],
-        [0.108, 0.004, 0.004],
-        [0.928, 0.027, 0.027],
-        [1.307, 0.026, 0.025],
-        [1.401, 0.132, 0.124],
-        [1.673, 0.257, 0.254],
-        [0.113, 0.021, 0.022],
-        [0.113, 0.005, 0.005],
-        [2.338, 0.215, 0.215],
-        [3.899, 0.278, 0.276],
-        [2.35, 0.032, 0.031],
-        [2.793, 0.033, 0.033],
-        [1.692, 0.221, 0.211],
-        [3.836, 0.344, 0.346],
-        [2.076, 0.222, 0.218],
-        [1.425, 0.153, 0.149],
-        [3.963, 0.518, 0.5],
-        [3.923, 0.494, 0.465],
-        [7.302, 11.598, 11.404],
-        [0.871, 0.002, 0.001],
-        [10.964, 0.626, 0.625],
-        [13.308, 0.21, 0.21],
-        [21.102, 0.374, 0.372],
-        [15.289, 0.054, 0.06],
-        [4.719, 0.005, 0.005],
-        [1.383, 0.01, 0.009],
-        [4.724, 0.006, 0.006],
-        [11.956, 0.663, 0.659],
-        [8.715, 3.571, 3.567],
-        [0.332, 0.025, 0.024],
-        [4.72, 0.091, 0.09],
-        [7.654, 0.133, 0.133],
-        [18.839, 15.737, 15.249],
-        [11.428, 1.499, 1.344],
-        [11.433, 1.49, 1.339],
-        [0.763, 0.144, 0.141],
-        [0.155, 0.017, 0.017],
-        [0.099, 0.009, 0.008],
-        [0.128, 0.004, 0.004],
-        [0.162, 0.032, 0.032],
-        [0.087, 0.004, 0.004],
-        [0.085, 0.003, 0.003],
-        [0.083, 0.004, 0.004]
-]
-}
-
diff --git a/cedardb/results/20260512/c6a.4xlarge.json b/cedardb/results/20260512/c6a.4xlarge.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..925a78b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cedardb/results/20260512/c6a.4xlarge.json
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+    "system": "CedarDB",
+    "date": "2026-05-12",
+    "machine": "c6a.4xlarge",
+    "cluster_size": 1,
+    "proprietary": "yes",
+    "hardware": "cpu",
+    "tuned": "no",
+    "tags": ["C++","column-oriented","PostgreSQL compatible"],
+    "load_time": 167,
+    "data_size": 22881534128,
+    "result": [
+[0.272,0.011,0.011],
+[0.390,0.004,0.004],
+[1.082,0.027,0.027],
+[1.499,0.026,0.026],
+[1.585,0.133,0.127],
+[1.886,0.268,0.262],
+[0.405,0.022,0.022],
+[0.401,0.005,0.005],
+[2.465,0.222,0.222],
+[3.791,0.282,0.282],
+[2.277,0.032,0.032],
+[2.652,0.033,0.033],
+[1.926,0.220,0.220],
+[3.874,0.356,0.353],
+[2.319,0.233,0.230],
+[1.543,0.153,0.156],
+[3.970,0.535,0.508],
+[3.951,0.506,0.480],
+[16.117,10.190,10.597],
+[0.724,0.002,0.002],
+[10.941,0.630,0.630],
+[13.085,0.215,0.216],
+[20.759,0.381,0.378],
+[14.988,0.066,0.064],
+[4.399,0.005,0.005],
+[1.386,0.012,0.010],
+[4.397,0.005,0.005],
+[11.549,0.664,0.662],
+[10.260,3.569,3.566],
+[0.324,0.222,0.025],
+[4.548,0.271,0.092],
+[7.672,0.139,0.141],
+[19.853,15.107,13.686],
+[11.449,1.397,1.372],
+[11.382,1.407,1.371],
+[0.777,0.294,0.143],
+[0.366,0.015,0.015],
+[0.102,0.007,0.007],
+[0.363,0.004,0.004],
+[0.392,0.033,0.030],
+[0.105,0.004,0.004],
+[0.088,0.003,0.003],
+[0.082,0.004,0.005]
+]
+}
+
diff --git a/cedardb/results/20260512/c6a.metal.json b/cedardb/results/20260512/c6a.metal.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b5d9f745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cedardb/results/20260512/c6a.metal.json
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+    "system": "CedarDB",
+    "date": "2026-05-12",
+    "machine": "c6a.metal",
+    "cluster_size": 1,
+    "proprietary": "yes",
+    "hardware": "cpu",
+    "tuned": "no",
+    "tags": ["C++","column-oriented","PostgreSQL compatible"],
+    "load_time": 93,
+    "data_size": 22679207856,
+    "result": [
+[2.233,0.011,0.009],
+[2.636,0.004,0.004],
+[3.408,0.014,0.015],
+[3.418,0.019,0.015],
+[3.491,0.093,0.085],
+[3.665,0.117,0.115],
+[2.570,0.012,0.012],
+[2.650,0.005,0.005],
+[4.313,0.141,0.128],
+[5.603,0.177,0.163],
+[4.076,0.025,0.025],
+[4.475,0.030,0.031],
+[3.687,0.114,0.113],
+[5.467,0.207,0.223],
+[4.150,0.129,0.123],
+[3.493,0.115,0.103],
+[5.431,0.235,0.214],
+[5.418,0.266,0.211],
+[8.494,0.512,0.429],
+[2.116,0.003,0.003],
+[11.889,0.195,0.191],
+[13.817,0.074,0.078],
+[21.139,0.110,0.113],
+[14.831,0.046,0.041],
+[4.373,0.007,0.007],
+[1.335,0.010,0.008],
+[4.388,0.007,0.007],
+[11.070,0.157,0.159],
+[8.630,0.772,0.771],
+[0.195,0.011,0.011],
+[4.794,0.061,0.068],
+[7.543,0.080,0.079],
+[5.761,0.442,0.380],
+[10.816,0.421,0.432],
+[10.665,0.410,0.426],
+[0.561,0.249,0.082],
+[0.296,0.018,0.013],
+[0.082,0.009,0.009],
+[0.312,0.005,0.005],
+[0.322,0.029,0.029],
+[0.083,0.006,0.007],
+[0.082,0.004,0.008],
+[0.085,0.008,0.006]
+]
+}
+
diff --git a/cedardb/results/20260512/c7a.metal-48xl.json b/cedardb/results/20260512/c7a.metal-48xl.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5a80da7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cedardb/results/20260512/c7a.metal-48xl.json
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+    "system": "CedarDB",
+    "date": "2026-05-12",
+    "machine": "c7a.metal-48xl",
+    "cluster_size": 1,
+    "proprietary": "yes",
+    "hardware": "cpu",
+    "tuned": "no",
+    "tags": ["C++","column-oriented","PostgreSQL compatible"],
+    "load_time": 91,
+    "data_size": 22658288112,
+    "result": [
+[0.635,0.005,0.005],
+[1.202,0.006,0.004],
+[2.050,0.010,0.018],
+[2.569,0.011,0.010],
+[2.327,0.069,0.066],
+[2.600,0.079,0.076],
+[1.170,0.008,0.009],
+[1.253,0.007,0.007],
+[3.173,0.099,0.098],
+[4.625,0.120,0.146],
+[2.927,0.025,0.025],
+[3.300,0.026,0.027],
+[2.619,0.067,0.068],
+[4.349,0.118,0.123],
+[2.990,0.074,0.074],
+[2.322,0.060,0.058],
+[4.417,0.128,0.130],
+[4.420,0.119,0.123],
+[7.277,0.174,0.175],
+[1.901,0.005,0.004],
+[11.659,0.081,0.080],
+[13.708,0.037,0.036],
+[21.067,0.060,0.058],
+[15.704,0.035,0.031],
+[5.400,0.006,0.007],
+[2.574,0.007,0.007],
+[5.404,0.009,0.009],
+[12.063,0.085,0.085],
+[8.747,0.419,0.406],
+[0.407,0.009,0.007],
+[4.921,0.043,0.042],
+[7.698,0.057,0.057],
+[5.712,0.331,0.202],
+[10.942,0.231,0.268],
+[10.942,0.237,0.272],
+[0.891,0.202,0.058],
+[0.304,0.020,0.018],
+[0.109,0.017,0.011],
+[0.289,0.012,0.010],
+[0.326,0.025,0.027],
+[0.111,0.012,0.013],
+[0.118,0.009,0.012],
+[0.115,0.011,0.011]
+]
+}
+
diff --git a/cedardb/results/20260512/c8g.4xlarge.json b/cedardb/results/20260512/c8g.4xlarge.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..072a13a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cedardb/results/20260512/c8g.4xlarge.json
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+    "system": "CedarDB",
+    "date": "2026-05-12",
+    "machine": "c8g.4xlarge",
+    "cluster_size": 1,
+    "proprietary": "yes",
+    "hardware": "cpu",
+    "tuned": "no",
+    "tags": ["C++","column-oriented","PostgreSQL compatible"],
+    "load_time": 153,
+    "data_size": 22879027440,
+    "result": [
+[0.218,0.013,0.013],
+[0.119,0.008,0.004],
+[0.875,0.028,0.029],
+[1.283,0.032,0.032],
+[1.329,0.083,0.082],
+[1.608,0.169,0.167],
+[0.294,0.019,0.019],
+[0.112,0.007,0.007],
+[2.097,0.132,0.131],
+[3.483,0.162,0.160],
+[2.027,0.049,0.049],
+[2.246,0.055,0.057],
+[1.628,0.134,0.135],
+[3.517,0.230,0.229],
+[2.013,0.141,0.139],
+[1.356,0.110,0.109],
+[3.599,0.287,0.281],
+[3.564,0.246,0.239],
+[34.765,25.031,24.835],
+[0.854,0.001,0.001],
+[10.789,0.689,0.689],
+[12.930,0.174,0.174],
+[20.603,0.279,0.282],
+[15.373,0.068,0.056],
+[4.532,0.003,0.003],
+[1.535,0.007,0.007],
+[4.544,0.003,0.003],
+[11.368,0.493,0.490],
+[9.330,1.871,1.880],
+[0.553,0.028,0.028],
+[4.659,0.089,0.089],
+[7.604,0.103,0.125],
+[42.875,30.083,46.970],
+[11.033,0.757,0.756],
+[11.038,0.759,0.756],
+[0.894,0.095,0.095],
+[0.314,0.015,0.014],
+[0.086,0.008,0.008],
+[0.290,0.004,0.003],
+[0.323,0.031,0.031],
+[0.070,0.006,0.003],
+[0.066,0.003,0.003],
+[0.065,0.007,0.006]
+]
+}
+
diff --git a/cedardb/results/20260512/c8g.metal-48xl.json b/cedardb/results/20260512/c8g.metal-48xl.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5848a16a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cedardb/results/20260512/c8g.metal-48xl.json
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+    "system": "CedarDB",
+    "date": "2026-05-12",
+    "machine": "c8g.metal-48xl",
+    "cluster_size": 1,
+    "proprietary": "yes",
+    "hardware": "cpu",
+    "tuned": "no",
+    "tags": ["C++","column-oriented","PostgreSQL compatible"],
+    "load_time": 91,
+    "data_size": 22657354496,
+    "result": [
+[2.024,0.010,0.009],
+[2.435,0.004,0.004],
+[3.166,0.014,0.015],
+[3.249,0.016,0.014],
+[3.314,0.051,0.050],
+[3.471,0.065,0.065],
+[2.359,0.012,0.014],
+[2.443,0.007,0.007],
+[4.020,0.080,0.074],
+[5.424,0.097,0.090],
+[3.820,0.018,0.018],
+[4.311,0.021,0.021],
+[3.501,0.073,0.071],
+[5.215,0.111,0.097],
+[3.882,0.075,0.073],
+[3.308,0.052,0.051],
+[5.210,0.100,0.104],
+[5.207,0.098,0.097],
+[8.147,0.174,0.153],
+[3.011,0.005,0.003],
+[12.577,0.137,0.139],
+[14.014,0.043,0.043],
+[20.581,0.080,0.080],
+[15.672,0.045,0.057],
+[4.914,0.008,0.009],
+[2.097,0.010,0.010],
+[4.909,0.009,0.009],
+[11.603,0.101,0.103],
+[9.082,0.365,0.375],
+[0.915,0.014,0.014],
+[5.280,0.039,0.037],
+[8.089,0.046,0.046],
+[6.202,0.176,0.183],
+[11.275,0.271,0.213],
+[10.606,0.223,0.243],
+[0.635,0.044,0.045],
+[0.255,0.011,0.011],
+[0.070,0.007,0.010],
+[0.259,0.009,0.006],
+[0.300,0.028,0.041],
+[0.073,0.007,0.010],
+[0.071,0.010,0.005],
+[0.062,0.005,0.008]
+]
+}
+
diff --git a/cedardb/start b/cedardb/start
index 0f4c8b56f..64dd2373e 100755
--- a/cedardb/start
+++ b/cedardb/start
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu
 
-if PGPASSWORD=test psql -h localhost -U postgres -c 'SELECT 1' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# `docker run --rm` cleans up container on exit; we run detached.
-sudo docker stop cedardb >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-sudo docker rm cedardb >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-
-sudo docker run -d --rm -p 5432:5432 \
-    -v "$(pwd)/data:/data" \
-    -v "$(pwd)/db:/var/lib/cedardb/data" \
-    -e CEDAR_PASSWORD=test \
-    --name cedardb cedardb/cedardb:latest >/dev/null
-
-until pg_isready -h localhost --dbname postgres -U postgres >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-    sleep 1
-done
+sudo systemctl start cedardb.service
+
+# On multi-NUMA systems stay within one node for better performance.
+numa_nodes=$(ls -d /sys/devices/system/node/node* 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+if [ "${numa_nodes}" -gt 1 ]; then
+    parallel=$(cat /sys/devices/system/node/node0/cpulist \
+        | tr ',' '\n' \
+        | awk -F'-' '{if(NF==2) s+=($2-$1+1); else s+=1} END{print s}')
+    until psql -c "SET debug.parallel = ${parallel};" >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cedardb/stop b/cedardb/stop
index 5d6ade0a8..42f5f1bb5 100755
--- a/cedardb/stop
+++ b/cedardb/stop
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sudo docker stop cedardb >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+sudo systemctl stop cedardb.service || true
\ No newline at end of file