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QUESTION POSED ON: 16 April 2003
We have WebFaced an application and are experiencing poor initial performance. There is a long delay every time the application is launched and the login is required. There is also a long delay the first time each screen is loaded. After the first load of each screen performance picks up to an acceptable rate.

We are very interested in using WebFaced applications, but we need better performance to make it practical. We are using WAS Express 5.0 and pre-compile the JSP's to eliminate this step on first touch. Do you have any other suggestions to improve this performance issue.


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Without working on your specific configuration issues, it's difficult to narrow down the specific causes of performance problems. Key things to look at:

1. Pre-compile JSPs (you've done that).

2. Pre-load frequently used WebFacing apps in WAS.

3. Minimize interactive jobs launched to one per user (based on a user or group profile, bring them to a single menu with their application options on it (you can WebFace the menu too) to ensure only one interactive job is created for each user session in WAS.

4. You may need to do some sort of load balancing by creating other instances if WAS is having problems with the number of sessions.

You can try profiling the application using a profiling tool to figure out where the hot spots are in WDSC Advanced version 5 (shipping after April 25).

It sounds like the problem is on the initial activation of the interactive job and you need to look at your system configuration to ensure that the system is properly tuned to start any interactive job quickly (how long does a regular signon take on green screen?). Check the priority of the WebFacing interactive jobs vs. other jobs on the system etc.

I've had good luck getting WebFacing to run well after it's loaded and pre-loading the app may do the trick if it's only slow for the first user signing on.

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