Found a great blog post on this.
<quote>
web cluster powerful enough to handle 3 million requests per second.
This first article describes my limited experience with a few load
generator tools, and will hopefully save someone the time of having to
stumble through each one like I did.
Load generators are programs that generate traffic of some type for
the purpose of testing. They can show you how your server performs
under heavy loads and can give you an idea of where the server's
weaknesses may be. Learning your server's limitations through load
testing is an excellent way to gauge your server's resilience and can
help you be prepared for anything.
</quote>
Read more here.
http://dak1n1.com/blog/14-http-load-generate
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