HTTP server benchmarking/load testing in Python

[Thomas Passin]

On 1/26/2023 6:39 PM, Barry wrote:
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>> On 26 Jan 2023, at 17:32, Thomas Passin <list1 at tompassin.net> wrote:
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>> On 1/26/2023 11:41 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 at 03:34, Thomas Passin <list1 at tompassin.net> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>> Define "overheat". If all you're saying is "the fan began to whine and
>>> I got annoyed so I shut off the program", that is absolutely NOT
>>> overheating.
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>> CPU core temperatures up to 95 deg C and rising rapidly, as reported by a number of utilities including NZXT and CoreTemp.  Max junction temperature is given as 100 deg C, and I don't want to risk reducing the lifetime of my  CPU.
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> Silicon junctions melt something like 400C ish not 100C.
> The max you see is the operating temp of the CPU.

Of course I know the junction isn't going to melt at 100 deg C.  We're 
not talking low temperature solder here!

> For intel CPU if you go beyond what the slow clocking can deal with the CPU turns itself off to prevent damage.
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> Intel did this to stop people asking for replacement parts when there cooling was at fault.
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> Barry
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>> Maybe five or ten minutes at or above 100 deg C every few months might not make a noticeable lifetime difference, who knows?  I don't want to make a habit of it.  I wouldn't drive my car very long with a low oil pressure warning active, either.
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