static void Main(string[] args) { var options = new Options(); if (CommandLine.Parser.Default.ParseArgumentsStrict(args, options)) { var client = new Statsd(options.Host, options.Port, prefix: options.Namespace, connectionType: options.UseTCP ? ConnectionType.Tcp : ConnectionType.Udp); var tokenSource = new System.Threading.CancellationTokenSource(); var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew(); var totalMetricsSent = 0; var letters = new String[] { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J" }; var tasks = new List <Task>(); int numThreads = options.Threads == 0 ? 1 : options.Threads; for (int count = 0; count < numThreads; count++) { int myTaskNumber = count; var task = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { var rnd = new Random(); int taskNumber = myTaskNumber; if (taskNumber == 0) { Console.WriteLine("Feeding stats to {0}:{1}, ctrl+c to exit.", options.Host, options.Port); } while (true) { client.LogCount("test.count.one." + rnd.Next(5)); client.LogCount("test.count.bigValue", rnd.Next(50)); client.LogTiming("test.timing." + rnd.Next(5), rnd.Next(100, 2000)); client.LogGauge("test.gauge." + rnd.Next(5), rnd.Next(100)); client.LogCalendargram("test.calendargram.users", letters.Next(), "m"); Thread.Sleep(options.Delay); Interlocked.Add(ref totalMetricsSent, 4); if (taskNumber == 0 && stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds >= 5000) { Console.WriteLine("Total sent: {0}", totalMetricsSent); stopwatch.Restart(); } } }, tokenSource.Token); tasks.Add(task); } Console.CancelKeyPress += (sender, e) => { tokenSource.Cancel(); }; Task.WaitAll(tasks.ToArray()); } }