title: Speed up Weblogic Server startup times
body: <p>At my work, we use Weblogic Server to host an enterprise portal. Which is fine.</p>
  
  <p>However, I've recently had the opportunity to use Tomcat for some side projects, and I am struck by the incredible difference in speed. Tomcat takes 3-5 seconds to start up, and 10-15 seconds to deploy a medium-sized projects. Wewblogic takes 3-5 <em>minutes</em> to start, and up to 10 <em>minutes</em> to deploy. This kills any iterative development.</p>
  
  <p>Am I going to have to resign myself to its being slow and bloated, or is there anything I can do to speed it up? Anyone have experience with this?</p>