Patent ID: 8341650

Claim:
A method of thread count analysis in a web application server environment, comprising steps of: on a computer of a web server, automatically counting number of open processing threads active for each of a plurality of web server instances on the web server; on the computer, comparing the web server thread counts for the plurality of web server instances to one or more first thresholds; in response to a web server thread count meeting or exceeding a first threshold, automatically counting open processing threads active for each of a plurality of application servers involved in the processing of web server threads for the count meeting or exceeding the first threshold; automatically comparing the application web server thread counts for each of the application servers to one or more second thresholds; automatically identifying an application server having an application server thread count meeting or exceeding a second threshold; implementing a dump of thread related data with respect to applications running on a computer of the identified application server; converting data from the thread dump to a page format and storing the page; and automatically sending from one of the computers a notice for at least one support person providing information to enable retrieval of the converted page of thread dump data.