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186 <strong>Getting</strong> <strong>Started</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>WebSphere</strong> <strong>Application</strong> <strong>Server</strong> Community Edition<br />

DefaultThreadPool in the current release. Community Edition might migrate these<br />

components to use DefaultThreadPool in the future.<br />

10.3.2 Monitoring thread pools<br />

To choose the optimum value for pool sizes, you need to monitor the current utilization of<br />

thread pools. You can monitor thread pools using the administrative console:<br />

1. Select the Thread Pools portlet in the console to open the configuration page. A<br />

page similar to Figure 10.7 opens.<br />

Figure 10.7 - The thread pool configuration page<br />

2. To monitor statistics related to a particular thread pool, click the monitor link<br />

corresponding to that pool in the Actions column. A page similar to Figure 10.8<br />

opens. You can monitor the followings statistics:<br />

- Pool Max - The maximum number of threads that Community Edition server<br />

can create and use in the thread pool.<br />

- Lowest Recorded - The lowest number of threads used up to now.<br />

- Highest Recorded - The highest number of threads used up to now.<br />

- Threads in Use - The number of threads currently in use.<br />

Figure 10.8 - Thread pool statistics pane<br />

3. To monitor thread usage of Web connectors, you can still use the monitoring plugin<br />

described in section 10.2. Click + besides TomcatAJPConnector,<br />

TomcatWebConnector, and TomcatWebSSLConnector to enable monitoring.<br />

You can observe the following attributes to monitor the Web container connector’s<br />

thread pool as shown in Figure 10.9.<br />

- Busy Threads Current - The number of threads currently in use.

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