I did a bit more research and found the two areas of concern. Would appreciate any comments or insights into how to resolve this.
1) First there were 37 waiting threads in the thread pool. There were and additional 22 that were in Object.wait on a "read" in the JK code. There was one that was "waiting for monitor" in JK code, but the monitor wait was in Log4J code. Here are my apache settings, do they suggest a problem in settings? /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf StartServers 8 MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 20 MaxClients 150 MaxRequestsPerChild 1000 /etc/httpd/conf.d/jk.conf LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so <IfModule mod_jk.c> JkWorkersFile "/etc/httpd/conf/workers.properties" JkLogFile "/etc/httpd/logs/mod_jk.log" JkLogLevel error JkLogStampFormat "[%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y] " </IfModule> /etc/httpd/conf/workers.properties workers.tomcat_home=/var/tomcat ps=/ worker.list=tomcat-dev,tomcat-prod worker.tomcat-dev.type=ajp13 worker.tomcat-dev.port=7009 worker.tomcat-dev.host=localhost worker.tomcat-dev.lbfactor=1 worker.tomcat-prod.type=ajp13 worker.tomcat-prod.port=8009 worker.tomcat-prod.host=localhost worker.tomcat-prod.lbfactor=1 /var/tomcat/conf/server.xml <Service name="Tomcat-Standalone"> <Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector" port="8080" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75" enableLookups="true" redirectPort="8443" acceptCount="100" debug="0" connectionTimeout="20000" useURIValidationHack="false" disableUploadTimeout="true" /> <Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector" port="8009" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75" enableLookups="true" redirectPort="8443" acceptCount="10" debug="0" connectionTimeout="0" useURIValidationHack="false" protocolHandlerClassName="org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler"/> <Engine name="Standalone" defaultHost="localhost" debug="0"> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" prefix="catalina_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/> <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm" debug="0" resourceName="UserDatabase"/> <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" directory="logs" prefix="localhost_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/> </Host> <Host name="acme1.com" debug="0" autoDeploy="false" appBase="/home/httpd/vhosts/firedrummarketing.com"> ... 2) Below are the threads that were accessing Log4J code. Could they be causing a problem? One was "waiting for monitor" and the other was "runnable". Thanks again for any ideas on this. "Thread-20" daemon prio=1 tid=0x080e4a18 nid=0x1227 waiting for monitor entry [0x7d843000..0x7d844800] at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:201) - waiting to lock <0x49e331d8> (a org.apache.log4j.Logger) at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:388) at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:853) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger.debug(Log4JLogger.java:110) at org.apache.jk.common.JkInputStream.doRead(JkInputStream.java:277) at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.doRead(JkCoyoteHandler.java:231) at org.apache.coyote.Request.doRead(Request.java:431) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteInputStream.readBytes(CoyoteInputStream.java :199) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteInputStream.read(CoyoteInputStream.java:156) at com.jspsmart.upload.SmartUpload.upload(SmartUpload.java:224) at org.apache.jsp.uploadProcess_jsp._jspService(uploadProcess_jsp.java:72) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:2 04) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:261) at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:360) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:632) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:590) at org.apache.jk.common.SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:707) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav a:530) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) ... "Thread-163" daemon prio=1 tid=0x088a9118 nid=0x41bc runnable [0x7f102000..0x7f103680] at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:201) - waiting to lock <0x49e331d8> (a org.apache.log4j.Logger) at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:388) at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:853) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger.debug(Log4JLogger.java:110) at org.apache.jk.common.JkInputStream.doRead(JkInputStream.java:277) at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.doRead(JkCoyoteHandler.java:231) at org.apache.coyote.Request.doRead(Request.java:431) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteInputStream.readBytes(CoyoteInputStream.java :199) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteInputStream.read(CoyoteInputStream.java:156) at com.jspsmart.upload.SmartUpload.upload(SmartUpload.java:224) at org.apache.jsp.uploadProcess_jsp._jspService(uploadProcess_jsp.java:72) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:2 04) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:261) at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:360) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:632) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:590) at org.apache.jk.common.SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:707) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav a:530) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]