In Tomcat 6, the default thread pool ignores minSpareThreads, but if you use <Executor name="threadpool"...> and then <Connector executor="threadpool" it will respect that value and you will see the expected the results
Filip ----- Original Message ----- > From: llow...@oreillyauto.com > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 7:50:24 AM > Subject: Tomcat6 thread pool questions > > > Greetings, > > I was wondering if someone could help me understand how the > threadpools are > handled in tomcat6. I know that a lot of the functionality was moved > to > executors. > > I set one up and using psi-Probe I could see that it was indeed > killing off > threads as I expected. However, the minSpareThreads did not seem to > be used > at all. > > Is my understanding of that attribute correct, in that > "minSparethreads" > should be the minimum number of threads running at any point? > > For example, if I have minSpareThreads set to 30, I should see 30 > threads > when the server is idle, and between 30 and maxThreads when it is > under a > load, right? > > That is not what I am seeing, as most of the time there are only 2-3 > threads with one busy thread while the server is idle or near idle. > > If anyone could let me know either what I am missing or what it is I > do not > understand correctly, I would appreciate it. > > Thank you. > > Lee Lowder > > This communication and any attachments are confidential, protected by > Communications Privacy Act 18 USCS � 2510, solely for the use of the > intended recipient, and may contain legally privileged material. If > you are not the intended recipient, please return or destroy it > immediately. Thank you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
