HTTP server benchmarking/load testing in Python

[Thomas Passin]

On 1/26/2023 11:02 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2023-01-26, 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.
> 
> A properly designed laptop with a non-broken OS will not overheat
> regardless of the computing load you throw at it. The fan might get
> annoying loud, but if it overheats either your hardware or OS needs
> to be fixed.

A nice theory but nothing to do with the real world.  I've had a number 
of laptops that overheat (or would, if I let test program continue) 
running this test program.  They have been different brands, different 
CPUs, different levels of noisy fans.  I don't know how I would find one 
of your "properly designed laptops with a non-broken OS", or what could 
be done to fix it.  Maybe a high-end gaming machine... which I don't 
wish to invest in or hear the fan noise from.

Anyway, the point was to warn other people - who probably also wouldn't 
have a "properly designed laptop with a non-broken OS" - that they 
should keep an eye on their CPU core temperatures.  In my experience, 
that's a real concern, whether or not it "should not" be an issue.