Hello, I would like to know if there is a possibility to set a socket timeout (no tcp handshake possible, when host is down) and a different application timeout (tcp handshake complete but backend server/application is slow). The reason i ask is i would like to have a fast reaction when one of the backends is down, like 10-30 seconds and a longer timeout when the backend is alive (backend is only slow). I have read the documentation and i think it is not possible with a parameter but maybe i missed something. If i set for example the timeout parameter on the BalancerMember the timeout is used for both cases. Am i the only one who wants to differentiate between these timeouts? i have the following setup. Apache 2.2.8 Solaris 10 Timeout 300 ProxyRequests Off <Proxy *> Order deny,allow Allow from all </Proxy> <Proxy balancer://mycluster> BalancerMember http://xxx.xx.xx.1:8000 timeout=30 retry=420 BalancerMember http://xxx.xx.xx.2:8000 timeout=30 retry=420 </Proxy> ProxyPass /em ! ProxyPass /j2ee ! ProxyPass /server-status ! ProxyPass / balancer://mycluster/ ProxyPassReverse / http://xxx.xx.xx.1/ ProxyPassReverse / http://xxx.xx.xx.1:8000/ ProxyPassReverse / http://xxx.xx.xx.2/ ProxyPassReverse / http://xxx.xx.xx.2:8000/ ProxyPreserveHost On ProxyStatus On Only for example if the parameter socket-timeout would exist, i would set it like this. <Proxy balancer://mycluster> BalancerMember http://xxx.xx.xx.1:8000 socket-timeout=20 timeout=150 retry=420 BalancerMember http://xxx.xx.xx.2:8000 socket-timeout=20 timeout=150 retry=420 </Proxy> Thanks for your attention Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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