I was actually going to test that myself, for you, with a $5 Linode. However, I spent about an hour fighting with siege/drill/hey and finally gave up. siege cr

I was actually going to test that myself, for you, with a $5 Linode. However, I spent about an hour fighting with siege/drill/hey and finally gave up. siege crashes and locks up all the time, as well as sometimes getting stuck for a minute or two between requests. hey reported 2 req/second for https, which I don't find believable either...