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SOA Agent for Web Servers and Policy Server Interaction using Apache-based Web Server Worker Mode

Apache-based web servers in worker mode use threads to handle connections to the SOA Security Manager Policy Server. Threads are obtained from a connection pool as needed to create additional connections to the Policy Server during heavy loads.

The following illustration describes this process:

Multi-Threaded Web Servers Use Threads from the Connection Pool to Handle Policy Server Connections

More information:

Failover and Load Balancing with Multi-Threaded Web and Application Servers