http_load 1.00

Short:        Multiprocessing http test client
Author:       Jef Poskanzer
Uploader:     Carsten Larsen (carsten larsen mail com)
Type:         comm/tcp
Version:      1.00
Architecture: m68k-amigaos <= 1.3


http_load runs multiple http fetches in parallel, to test the throughput of a
web server. However unlike most such test clients, it runs in a single process,
so it doesn't bog down the client machine. It can be configured and compiled to
do https fetches as well.


Sample run:

> http_load -rate 2 -seconds 300 urls
591 fetches, 8 max parallel, 5.33606e+06 bytes, in 300 seconds
9028.87 mean bytes/connection
1.97 fetches/sec, 17786.9 bytes/sec
msecs/connect: 28.8932 mean, 44.243 max, 24.488 min
msecs/first-response: 63.5362 mean, 81.624 max, 57.803 min
HTTP response codes:
  code 200 -- 591


See enclosed guide for more details.