[FLUME-3227] Add Rate Limiter to StressSource

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: Sinks+Sources
• Assignee: Tristan Stevens
• Reporter: Tristan Stevens
• Created: 19/Mar/18 16:19
• Updated: 17/Aug/18 13:11
• Resolved: 17/Aug/18 12:41

Description

Currently the StressSource just runs flat out (on modern hardware can generate 20M events per second with no problems), relying on backpressure from the channel to regulate itself.

Request to introduce a feature to proactively limit itself.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #203