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POHow do I prevent Socket/Port Exhaustion?
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copied!<p>I am attempting to performance test a website by hitting it with requests across multiple threads. Each thread executes <em>n</em> times. (in a for loop)</p> <p>However, I am running into problems. Specifically the WebException ("Unable to connect to remote server") with the inner exception:</p> <blockquote> <p>An operation on a socket could not be performed because the system lacked sufficient buffer space or because a queue was full 127.0.0.1:52395</p> </blockquote> <p>I am attempting to run 100 threads at 500 iterations per thread. </p> <p>Initially I was using <code>HttpWebRequest</code> in System.Net to make the GET request to the server. Currently I am using <code>WebClient</code> as I assumed that each iteration was using a new socket (so 100 * 500 sockets in a short period of time). I assumed WebClient (which is instantiated once per thread) would only use one socket. </p> <p>I don't need 50 000 sockets open at once, as I would like to send the GET request, receive the response, and close the socket, freeing it for use in the next loop iteration. I understand that it would be a problem to </p> <p>However, even with WebClient, a bunch of sockets are being requested resulting in a bunch of sockets in <code>TIME_WAIT</code> mode (checked using netstat). This causes other applications (like internet browsers) to hang and stop functioning.</p> <p>I can operate my test with less iterations and/or less threads, as it appears the sockets do eventually exit this TIME_WAIT state. However, this is not a solution as it doesn't adequately test the abilities of the web server.</p> <p><strong>Question:</strong></p> <p>How do I explicitly close a socket (from the client side) after each thread iteration in order to prevent TIME_WAIT states and socket exhaustion?</p> <p><strong>Code:</strong></p> <p>Class that wraps the HttpRequest</p> <p><em>Edit:</em> Wrapped WebClient in a using, so a new one is instantiated,used and disposed for every iteration. The problem still persists.</p> <pre><code> public sealed class HttpGetTest : ITest { private readonly string m_url; public HttpGetTest( string url ) { m_url = url; } void ITest.Execute() { using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient()){ using( Stream stream = webClient.OpenRead( m_url ) ) { } } } } </code></pre> <p>The part of my ThreadWrapperClass that creates a new thread:</p> <pre><code>public void Execute() { Action Hammer = () => { for( int i = 1; i <= m_iterations; i++ ) { //Where m_test is an ITest injected through constructor m_test.Execute(); } }; ThreadStart work = delegate { Hammer(); }; Thread thread = new Thread( work ); thread.Start(); } </code></pre>

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