Abstract: A method and apparatus for autonomic management of a connection pool. One embodiment comprises initializing a connection pool with a set of initial settings, wherein the set of initial settings include a collection interval and a collection duration; collecting autonomic configuration data for the collection duration, the autonomic configuration data including a maximum number of connections observed during the collection interval; determining an set of optimal settings using the autonomic configuration data; and modifying the connection pool according to the set of optimal settings.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for autonomic management of a connection pool. One embodiment comprises initializing a connection pool with a set of initial settings, wherein the set of initial settings include a collection interval and a collection duration; collecting autonomic configuration data for the collection duration, the autonomic configuration data including a maximum number of connections observed during the collection interval; determining an set of optimal settings using the autonomic configuration data; and modifying the connection pool according to the set of optimal settings.

Abstract: A method and apparatus providing an extension to the connection pooling architecture to apply heuristic data to ensure that the connection pool contains the required number of connections for a given time period. One aspect of the present invention is a method of configuring a server computer having a connection pool. One embodiment of this method comprises initializing a connection pool using a plurality of initial settings, generating heuristic override information, and modifying the connection pool using the heuristic override information. In some embodiments the plurality of initial settings comprises a maximum number of connections and the heuristic information may comprise a heuristic override setting and a time period.