siathalysedi / parbench

Visual HTTP Concurrency / Load Tool

parbench

Visualization tool for webserver concurrency

Usage

Download the JAR from the downloads page.

Then run:

# Runs parbench with 50 workers given 100 requests each targeting localhost:9000
java -jar parbench.jar http://localhost:9000

# Full Usage: java -jar parbench.jar -h
Usage: [OPTIONS] -u http://example.net
Options
  --cli-only, -k           Command Line Only
  --concurrency, -c <arg>  Number of Workers              [default 100]
  --requests, -r <arg>     Number of requests per worker  [default 200]
  --scale, -s <arg>        Pixel Size of GUI Squares      [default 2]
  --url, -u <arg>          URL to benchmark

Each horizontal line represents a worker thread. Each square represents an HTTP request.

Square colors:

• Light-gray: Scheduled, Not yet sent
• Yellow: Sent, Waiting for response
• Dark-gray: Complete, HTTP Status 200 - 299
• Blue: Complete, HTTP Status 300 - 399
• White: Complete, HTTP Status 400 - 499
• Red: Complete, HTTP Status 500 - 599
• Black: Internal Error, could not complete request

License

Copyright (C) 2011 Andrew Cholakian

Distributed under the MIT Licensee, see LICENSE for details