Limit the number of requests Tomcat can accept

Hi,

I was wondering if some one could please let me know if there is a way I can limit tomcat from accepting the number of requests it can cater ?

I did google for it and it gave me replies where apache was guarding tomcat and that the number of requests can be limited easily on apache. However I am looking to do this on tomcat.

thanks

Yes, that's possible. Check the conf/server.xml file - it has maxThreads attributes for each Connector. Those limit the number of request processing threads Tomcat will spawn, and thus the maximum number of simultaneous requests Tomcat will work on.

Thanks Ulf for your reply

the maximum number of simultaneous requests

I know that it means the maximum no. of requests it can process at a time. That would also mean, that, THAT is the maximum no. of requests it will accept anytime right ?

thanks again

I'm not sure if connections beyond the max are rejected, or put into a queue for eventual servicing. You'd have to consult the source for that.