Ask HN: How to get a high load on a website in a short time?

1 points by user321 ↗ HN
Simple question for you. I wait for some answers.

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Create a simple script (using python requests, bash + curl, whatever), and invoke it a bunch of times on a large machine on EC2 using a bash program for example. you want a machine that can handle many of these scripts running simultaneously. use multiple instances if you must.

Not very sophisticated, but it'll tell you if your scaling/load-balancing/etc. is sufficient to do what you need it to do.