> Sounds similar to the mod_jk connector in apache to connect to > tomcat. When I had to deal with this I setup a dedicated apache > instance on each system running tomcat whose sole purpose for > existence was for testing that connector. > > So say setup an apache instance on another port, and have it > direct all traffic back to mod_jserv, then hit the apache > instance with http. It's not perfect but at least for me apache > was a lot more stable than tomcat especially in such a basic > configuration, so it worked well as a way to test the health > of the mod_jk connector. Excellent idea, Nate. I already have apache installed on all these servers, so it should be fairly trivial to set up a local test site just for this purpose. I'm going to test this out in our lab environment today and see how it performs.