[TYPO3-Solr] Search box initialization question

[Hauke Meyer]

Hi there,

I have a question regarding the "Initialize search with empty query"
feature inside the plugin configuration.
Without this "Initialize search with empty query" the searchbox itself
is not shown on the search page but an error message.

The problem is the following:

We have a high traffic web site with a search box on every single page.
We included the solr search box using the template. This has the
advantage of the auto completion but it also has the disadvantage that
every page call starts an empty search request.
Normally the amount of used time is not the problem but if the indexer
is running any page request is slowed down. And in addition we have huge
uninteresting catalina.out log files.

Resulting questions:
-Is there an option to have a search box _without _initialization and
_with_ auto completion?
-How can I switch the logging off (and on when needed)?

Cheers,
Hauke