Dan Allen [http://community.jboss.org/people/dan.j.allen] commented on the document "AS 7 startup time showdown" To view all comments on this document, visit: http://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-16971#comment-6920 -------------------------------------------------- Also consider that it's still logging to the server.log. You just tail it in another console. So really, there is no need for the console log, except for convenience (and first time users). --------------------------------------------------