I can't speak to mod_webapp, but a mod_jk response:
> - I understand the need for the TCP connections to be persistent in
> mod_jk and mod_webapp, but I'm not sure why another connection wouldn't
> be attempted after the reuse of the previous connection fails;
This was just added to the 3.3 branch (by Henri) for mod_jk -- if the Apache
plugin detects a dead connection, it opens a new one (so you don't have to
restart Apache when you restart Tomcat). Needs testing, but it's in there.
-Dan
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