Throttling the Thread Pool

Since the server utilizes only a single thread pool, you can throttle this pool by setting a maximum length for the request queue length. Once the server exceeds the maximum queue length, it will reject all new web application requests. You throttle the thread pool (set a maximum limit) by setting the Shared Capacity for Work Managers attribute in the Administration Console. You can set the maximum queue length through the Administration Console by following these steps:

1. Click the Lock & Edit button in the Change Center of the Administration Console.

2. Expand Environment and select Servers | <server_name> | Configuration | Overload.

3. In the Overload configuration page, set a value for the Shared Capacity for ...

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