I'm running a Tomcat 6.0.16 (native library is compiled )on a Linux box
(CentOS 5), java version is:
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode)
The connection configuration is:
<Connector port="8080" protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol"
connectionTimeout="10000" enableLookups="false"
maxKeepAliveRequests="1" maxThreads="500" minSpareThreads="5"
maxSpareThreads="40" acceptCount="1000" />
I've deployed my wepapp into tomcat, which on low load (few requests per
second) the doGet() method lasts about 30-40ms.
In order to measure the performance of the webapp under load, I wrote a
simple test that simulates high load on tomcat (hundreds of requests per
second). After few seconds of running, the client received the following
exceptions from the server (not all the requests, some of them processed and
return response, but it took few seconds though):
java.net.SocketException: Unexpected end of file from server
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:714)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:577)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:711)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:577)
at
sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1004)
at AdvertiserCaller.call(StressTest.java:192)
at AdvertiserCaller.call(StressTest.java:166)
at
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:885)
I've records the traffic using Wireshark (http://www.wireshark.org), and
I've noticed that Tomcat send TCP Reset to the client, before it writes the
reponse to the stream.
Can you please assist understanding this behavior and tuning Tomcat in order
to avoid these problems?
Thanks,
Barak.
