I am using Apache httpd 2.0.48 with mod_jk to forward requests to Tomcat running within a JBoss AS. Apache is configured to run in prefork mode. When debugging a service unavailability problem, the server-status(mod_status) page showed all the configured workers within Apache as being in "w" state which is never the case when the application is running well and responding to client requests. The appserver seemed not to accept any further requests till i had restarted the JBoss AS. Would it be correct to interpret this as being that all Apache httpd workers are busy and tied to the Tomcat threads for a longer than normal duration? . Thanks Ramdas --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx