HTTP server benchmarking/load testing in Python

[Chris Angelico]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 at 12:06, Thomas Passin <list1 at tompassin.net> wrote:
>
> On 1/25/2023 7:38 PM, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > On 2023-01-25 16:30:56 -0500, Thomas Passin wrote:
> >> Great!  Don't forget what I said about potential overheating if you
> >> hit the server with as many requests as it can handle.
> >
> > Frankly, if you can overheat a server by hitting it with HTTP requests,
> > get better hardware and/or put it into a place with better airflow.
> >
>
> Frankly, if you have a server-grade machine then well and good but if
> you are running a nice quiet consumer grade laptop - my development
> machine - you need to be careful.  We don't know what hardware the OP is
> using.  And it's not servicing the requests per se that's the issue,
> it's the heavy computing load that has to be done for each request.  The
> CPU is generally pegged at 100% for most or all of the test.

If you have to worry about thermals because of CPU load, then worry
about thermals because of CPU load. The HTTP request testing is
completely separate.

Load testing means putting a system under load. I'm not sure why you'd
be concerned about one specific possible consequence, rather than, I
dunno, just put the system under load and see how it performs?

ChrisA