HTTP Sessions
- Consider reducing the session timeout (default 30 minutes) and average session size to reduce memory and processing pressures.
- Consider if session failover is required as it increases complexity and decreases performance. The alternative is to affinitize requests and surgically store any critical state into a database.
- Use session persistence (database) or WebSphere eXtreme Scale over memory-to-memory replication.
- Consider using timed updates to save session state.
For more information, see the HTTP section of the WAS traditional Profile chapter.