[users@httpd] Apache/Tomcat request hangs intermittently

[Durbha Murali - mdurbh <Mu...@acxiom.com>]

We have a webserver with Apache 2.2.2 running that acts as a pass-thru,
forwarding all  POST requests from the internet to Tomcat.   

The connection works but sometimes, a request on the webserver just
hangs.  If I re-try a few times, the webpage eventually opens.  I'm not
quite sure what is causing this.  If I bounce Apache, it works normally
for a few hours and the problem starts again.  For  Debug Loglevel, I
get the following errors in error_log.  I'm not quite sure if this has
anything to do with my problem - 

 

[Fri Sep 29 11:07:46 2006] [info] [client 10.x.x.x] (32)Broken pipe:
core_output_filter: writing data to the network

[Fri Sep 29 11:07:51 2006] [info] [client 10.x.x.x] (104)Connection
reset by peer: core_output_filter: writing data to the network

[Fri Sep 29 11:07:51 2006] [info] [client 10.x.x.x] (32)Broken pipe:
core_output_filter: writing data to the network

[Fri Sep 29 11:08:10 2006] [info] [client 10.x.x.x] (104)Connection
reset by peer: core_output_filter: writing data to the network

[Fri Sep 29 11:08:10 2006] [info] [client 10.x.x.x] (32)Broken pipe:
core_output_filter: writing data to the network

[Fri Sep 29 11:08:25 2006] [info] [client 10.x.x.x] (104)Connection
reset by peer: core_output_filter: writing data to the network

[Fri Sep 29 11:08:25 2006] [info] [client 10.x.x.x] (32)Broken pipe:
core_output_filter: writing data to the network

[Fri Sep 29 11:09:18 2006] [info] [client 10.x.x.x] (104)Connection
reset by peer: core_output_filter: writing data to the network

[Fri Sep 29 11:09:18 2006] [info] [client 10.x.x.x] (32)Broken pipe:
core_output_filter: writing data to the network

 

 

When I do a netstat -a on the webserver, I see that the connection has
been established, but my browser just keeps spinning and spinning.

 

tcp        0      0 *:8000                      *:*
LISTEN

tcp        0      0 <webserver>:8000 ::ffff:<mylocalIP>:1757
ESTABLISHED

 

This is our Production website.  Can someone please help me out? 

 

Thanks very much.

Murali

 

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