EP7.0 - Adding server nodes (processes) and managing all the logs

First, can anyone confirm whether the Template Configuration Tool is used with Portal 7.0 (NW2004s)?  All of the documentation I find is for Portal 6.0.  If you use the Template Configuration Tool, it will match the resources available on your server to the type of J2EE you will be running which is the route I prefer to take.  Otherwise, I'll add the nodes manually with configtool.
Second, is it a best practice to just stick to one server node (server0) on your DEV system?  I would think that would make analyzing all of those fun logs much easier.
Third, are there any best practices for managing all of those logs if you start adding additional nodes.  I have server0 on the QA system with 2048MB of Heap.  I plan to add server1, server2 and server3 ... all with 2048MB of Heap.  But then the number of logs is 4 times for everything.  The Portal Tuning guide suggests turning off unnecessary logging which I will do but our developers want a convenient way to do research and we don't want them overwhelmed with logs. 
We are setting up Solution Manager Diagnostics now so I haven't seen it's functionality.  Will it make log anaysis more streamlined and easier to find relevant data even if you have 4 server nodes?

Hi Richard,
A1: NO!!! do not use the Template Configuration Tool on NW7.0 as it sets properties that are not valid or optimal anymore.
A2: I don't know if there is a best practice about it but I do know that it is best practice to have atleast 2 servernodes per instance because this helps you top optimize your resources when 1 servernode is in Full Garbage Collection the other still can use the CPU to process (Presented on SAP Insider Infra & Admin in Orlando 2008).
A3: Regarding the logging This is just how it is made... every servernode logs for itsself...
Use NetWeaver Administrator (/nwa) to auto consoldate the loggin info. It's slow but eventualy it does the job. You can give developers an NWA read-only role (shipped by default) to look at the logs.
A4: SMD makes central monitoring and diagnostic possible for your complete landscape.
You can configure a central NWA on the SMD host. The solution as proposed by A3 is already helping you to manage your issue (consolidating logs of multiple servernodes.. >2 )
Good Luck!
Benjamin Houttuin

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