Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/spi2dav/Spi2davRepositoryServiceFactory.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/spi2dav/Spi2davRepositoryServiceFactory.java	(revision 1148512)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/spi2dav/Spi2davRepositoryServiceFactory.java	(working copy)
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@
      */
     public static final String PARAM_ITEMINFO_CACHE_SIZE = "org.apache.jackrabbit.spi2dav.ItemInfoCacheSize";
 
+	/**
+	 * Optional configuration parameter: It's value determines the maximumConnectionsPerHost value on the
+	 * HttpClient configuration.  Note, there is also a maximumTotalConnections setting on the HttpClient
+	 * but since the use case here is for deployment of the repo as a remote data tier, the per host
+	 * value is the more relevant parameter.  Defaults to 2, as defined in the HttpClient itself. 
+	 */
+	public static final String PARAM_MAX_HTTP_CONNECTIONS = "org.apache.jackrabbit.spi2davex.MaxHttpConnectionsToRepository";
+    
     public RepositoryService createRepositoryService(Map<?, ?> parameters) throws RepositoryException {
         if (parameters == null) {
             throw new RepositoryException("Parameter " + PARAM_REPOSITORY_URI + " missing");