Reducing the server logging level

While logging information to the files is useful, it generates a lot of disk I/O, which has a huge performance impact on the application. Reducing the amount of logging done by the servers can improve performance noticeably.

Getting ready

For details on this, refer to the Getting ready section of the Tuning global transaction timeouts recipe.

How to do it…

To reduce the server logging level, perform the following steps:

1. Connect to the WebLogic administration console at http://localhost:7001/console.Replace localhost and 7001 with the hostname and port of the server if it is not running locally on 7001. If this is the first time you have accessed the WebLogic console since starting the server, WebLogic will first deploy the console application, which may take a few minutes.

2. Log in to the console with your administration credentials.

3. Navigate to Environment, and then Servers on the left-hand navigation pane.

4. Select the server with the SOA infrastructure. Out-of-the...