(with HTTP header customize and HTTP POST support).
snapshot from http://home.tiscali.cz/~cz210552/webbench.html
Web Bench is very simple tool for benchmarking WWW or proxy servers. Uses fork() for simulating multiple clients and can use HTTP/0.9-HTTP/1.1 requests. This benchmark is not very realistic, but it can test if your HTTPD can realy handle that many clients at once (try to run some CGIs) without taking your machine down. Displays pages/min and bytes/sec. Can be used in more aggressive mode with -f switch.
Add header customize with '-d', and POST with '--post' from version 1.5. Use as free.
make && make install
[root@localhost webbench-1.5]# ./webbench webbench [option]... URL
-f|--force Don't wait for reply from server.
-r|--reload Send reload request - Pragma: no-cache.
-t|--time <sec> Run benchmark for <sec> seconds. Default 30.
-x|--proxy <server:port> Use proxy server for request.
-c|--clients <n> Run <n> HTTP clients at once. Default one.
-9|--http09 Use HTTP/0.9 style requests.
-1|--http10 Use HTTP/1.0 protocol.
-2|--http11 Use HTTP/1.1 protocol.
--get Use GET request method.
--head Use HEAD request method.
--options Use OPTIONS request method.
--trace Use TRACE request method.
-?|-h|--help This information.
-V|--version Display program version.
-d|--header <header> Custom HTTP header.
-p|--post <body> Use POST request method.