I agree that having a simultaneous connection limit is a good safeguard. I was just noting that simply limiting the simultaneous connections to eg. 20, without

I agree that having a simultaneous connection limit is a good safeguard. I was just noting that simply limiting the simultaneous connections to eg. 20, without considering all side-effects could lead to a world of hard-to-diagnose-and-reproduce problems and frustrated customers. HTTP Keep-alive connections play a big role in the number of connections as well so this should be considered when choosing the number.