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. 

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[unknown]                  505     844  59.8% -lh5- 7f52 Nov  3 22:00 http_load/http_load.readme
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