title: Apache Load Balancer 2.4 not decreasing busy
body: <p>i have setup a simple loadbalancer using Apacher 2.4 for 2 tomcat servers. i have noticed that the BUSY column in the balancer-manager page never decreases and keep increasing until both of them reach around 200, the performance will be very sluggish. </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/P3IdR.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/P3IdR.png" alt="balancer-manager web frontend"></a></p>
  
  <p>i cannot find any documentation detailing about the balancer-manager frontend but i guessing the BUSY column is referring to the number of open connections to the balancer members. is that right?</p>
  
  <p>does my apache LB doesnt close idles connection and keep opening new one until it exhausted the resources.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BAYLC.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BAYLC.png" alt="My balancers setup"></a></p>
  
  <p>Please guide me on this. i have to keep restarting apache services every week in order to reset the BUSY column and make the LB smooth again. </p>
  
  <p>Server running on Windows 2003 + Apache 2.4.4  </p>