Looks like 'ab' is much nicer than back in the day.
But 'ab' only manages a load of 36 tps and is unable to saturate my web server. (identical machines, php+sqlite3 hairy web page) 'http_load' has the same problem. 'openload' can saturate the web server at 135 tps or so.
'ab' does not present a significant load on its host, so I'm not sure why it can't drive the web server to saturation, but there it is.
But 'ab' only manages a load of 36 tps and is unable to saturate my web server. (identical machines, php+sqlite3 hairy web page) 'http_load' has the same problem. 'openload' can saturate the web server at 135 tps or so.
'ab' does not present a significant load on its host, so I'm not sure why it can't drive the web server to saturation, but there it is.