title: Apache LoadBalancer 'crashes' under the load
body: <p>I have configured an Apache HTTP server + load balancer (utilizing the mod_proxy_balancer)</p>
  
  <p>When I execute load testing the balancer don't pass most of the load to the backend servers(simple Java App over Tomcat)</p>
  
  <p>I'm not sure if the apache httpd can't handle the load, or is it the load balancer configuration..</p>
  
  <p>This is how my conf file looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;Proxy balancer://mycluster&gt;
  BalancerMember http://xxxxx.amazonaws.com connectiontimeout=200000 max=50000 timeout=200000 ping=200000
  BalancerMember http://yyyy.amazonaws.com connectiontimeout=200000 max=50000 timeout=200000 ping=200000
  &lt;/Proxy&gt;
  ProxyPass /a balancer://mycluster timeout=200000
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>any ideas?</p>