The Grinder is a Java load testing framework offering the easy-to-run and distributed testing with multiple load injector machines. The Grinder has the ability to perform load testing on any system having the Java API, including HTTP web servers, SOAP, and REST web services, and application servers and including custom protocols. It is also having a GUI console allowing users to have multiple load injectors to be monitored and controlled, and automatic management of client connections and cookies, SSL, Proxy aware, and Connection throttling.