diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-active/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/active/ActiveSourceOperatorNodePushable.java b/asterixdb/asterix-active/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/active/ActiveSourceOperatorNodePushable.java
index af9d109..b1a1fcc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-active/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/active/ActiveSourceOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-active/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/active/ActiveSourceOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public final void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {
-        LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "initialize() called on ActiveSourceOperatorNodePushable");
+        LOGGER.trace("initialize() called on ActiveSourceOperatorNodePushable");
         taskThread = Thread.currentThread();
         activeManager.registerRuntime(this);
         try {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
                 done = true;
                 notifyAll();
             }
-            LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "initialize() returning on ActiveSourceOperatorNodePushable");
+            LOGGER.trace("initialize() returning on ActiveSourceOperatorNodePushable");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/active/ActiveNotificationHandler.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/active/ActiveNotificationHandler.java
index 8ade9ec..e5d557b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/active/ActiveNotificationHandler.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/active/ActiveNotificationHandler.java
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@
 
     @Override
     public synchronized IActiveEntityEventsListener[] getEventListeners() {
-        if (LOGGER.isEnabled(level)) {
-            LOGGER.log(level, "getEventListeners() was called");
-            LOGGER.log(level, "returning " + entityEventListeners.size() + " Listeners");
+        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("getEventListeners() was called");
+            LOGGER.trace("returning " + entityEventListeners.size() + " Listeners");
         }
         return entityEventListeners.values().toArray(new IActiveEntityEventsListener[entityEventListeners.size()]);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
index b26342e..3f2412f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
     }
 
     private long findResourceInGroup(ResourceGroup group, int dsId, int entityHashValue) {
-        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, Level.DEBUG, false);
+        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, LVL, false);
         long resSlot = group.firstResourceIndex.get();
         while (resSlot != NILL) {
             // either we already have a lock on this resource or we have a
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java
index d06dde5..45ec44b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@
         this.maxInputBuildSizeInFrames = maxInputSizeInFrames;
         this.aveRecordsPerFrame = aveRecordsPerFrame;
         this.fudgeFactor = fudgeFactor;
-
-        LOGGER.debug("HybridHashJoinPOperator constructed with: JoinKind=" + kind + ", JoinPartitioningType="
-                + partitioningType + ", List<LogicalVariable>=" + sideLeftOfEqualities + ", List<LogicalVariable>="
-                + sideRightOfEqualities + ", int memSizeInFrames=" + memSizeInFrames + ", int maxInputSize0InFrames="
-                + maxInputSizeInFrames + ", int aveRecordsPerFrame=" + aveRecordsPerFrame + ", double fudgeFactor="
-                + fudgeFactor + ".");
+        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("HybridHashJoinPOperator constructed with: JoinKind=" + kind + ", JoinPartitioningType="
+                    + partitioningType + ", List<LogicalVariable>=" + sideLeftOfEqualities + ", List<LogicalVariable>="
+                    + sideRightOfEqualities + ", int memSizeInFrames=" + memSizeInFrames
+                    + ", int maxInputSize0InFrames=" + maxInputSizeInFrames + ", int aveRecordsPerFrame="
+                    + aveRecordsPerFrame + ", double fudgeFactor=" + fudgeFactor + ".");
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/impl/ActivityClusterGraphBuilder.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/impl/ActivityClusterGraphBuilder.java
index e2cd923..3628e96 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/impl/ActivityClusterGraphBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/client/impl/ActivityClusterGraphBuilder.java
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@
         }
         acg.addActivityClusters(acList);
 
-        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.debug(acg.toJSON().asText());
+        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace(acg.toJSON().asText());
         }
         return acg;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-comm/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/comm/channels/ResultNetworkInputChannel.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-comm/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/comm/channels/ResultNetworkInputChannel.java
index 37540cd..1df39e9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-comm/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/comm/channels/ResultNetworkInputChannel.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-comm/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/comm/channels/ResultNetworkInputChannel.java
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
         writeBuffer.putLong(resultSetId.getId());
         writeBuffer.putInt(partition);
         writeBuffer.flip();
-        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.debug("Sending partition request for JobId: " + jobId + " partition: " + partition + " on channel: "
+        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("Sending partition request for JobId: " + jobId + " partition: " + partition + " on channel: "
                     + ccb);
         }
         ccb.getWriteInterface().getFullBufferAcceptor().accept(writeBuffer);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoin.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoin.java
index 10c6227..89c370f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoin.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoin.java
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@
         } else {
             isTableCapacityNotZero = false;
         }
-        LOGGER.debug("InMemoryHashJoin has been created for a table size of " + table.getTableSize() + " for Thread ID "
-                + Thread.currentThread().getId() + ".");
+        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("InMemoryHashJoin has been created for a table size of " + table.getTableSize()
+                    + " for Thread ID " + Thread.currentThread().getId() + ".");
+        }
     }
 
     public void build(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -205,8 +207,8 @@
             }
         }
         buffers.clear();
-        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.debug("InMemoryHashJoin has finished using " + nFrames + " frames for Thread ID "
+        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("InMemoryHashJoin has finished using " + nFrames + " frames for Thread ID "
                     + Thread.currentThread().getId() + ".");
         }
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
index b68e64e..e7984d6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@
                             buildHpc, predEvaluator, isLeftOuter, nonMatchWriterFactories);
 
                     state.hybridHJ.initBuild();
-                    if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                        LOGGER.debug("OptimizedHybridHashJoin is starting the build phase with " + state.numOfPartitions
+                    if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                        LOGGER.trace("OptimizedHybridHashJoin is starting the build phase with " + state.numOfPartitions
                                 + " partitions using " + state.memForJoin + " frames for memory.");
                     }
                 }
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@
                         state.hybridHJ.clearBuildTempFiles();
                     } else {
                         ctx.setStateObject(state);
-                        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                            LOGGER.debug("OptimizedHybridHashJoin closed its build phase");
+                        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                            LOGGER.trace("OptimizedHybridHashJoin closed its build phase");
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/AbstractSorterOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/AbstractSorterOperatorDescriptor.java
index f274ca1..406703e 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/AbstractSorterOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/AbstractSorterOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@
                     runGen.close();
                     state.generatedRunFileReaders = runGen.getRuns();
                     state.sorter = runGen.getSorter();
-                    if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                        LOGGER.info("InitialNumberOfRuns:" + runGen.getRuns().size());
+                    if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                        LOGGER.trace("InitialNumberOfRuns:" + runGen.getRuns().size());
                     }
                     ctx.setStateObject(state);
                 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMDiskComponent.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMDiskComponent.java
index a88a19a..1cad00f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMDiskComponent.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMDiskComponent.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.util.LSMComponentIdUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.MultiComparator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IPageWriteFailureCallback;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -159,8 +158,8 @@
     @Override
     public void markAsValid(boolean persist, IPageWriteFailureCallback callback) throws HyracksDataException {
         ComponentUtils.markAsValid(getMetadataHolder(), persist, callback);
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Marked as valid component with id: " + getId());
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Marked as valid component with id: " + getId());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMMemoryComponent.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMMemoryComponent.java
index ab00dff..278098f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMMemoryComponent.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMMemoryComponent.java
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@
             throw new IllegalStateException(
                     this + " receives illegal id. Old id " + this.componentId + ", new id " + componentId);
         }
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Component Id was reset from " + this.componentId + " to " + componentId);
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Component Id was reset from " + this.componentId + " to " + componentId);
         }
         this.componentId = componentId;
         if (componentId != null) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java
index 8e2ff01..aa7be86 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
     @Override
     public ILSMIOOperation scheduleFlush(ILSMIndexOperationContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         ILSMIOOperation flush;
-        LOGGER.info("Flush is being scheduled on {}", lsmIndex);
+        LOGGER.debug("Flush is being scheduled on {}", lsmIndex);
         if (!lsmIndex.isMemoryComponentsAllocated()) {
             lsmIndex.allocateMemoryComponents();
         }
@@ -498,9 +498,7 @@
     @SuppressWarnings("squid:S2142")
     @Override
     public void flush(ILSMIOOperation operation) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.info("Started a flush operation for index: {}", lsmIndex);
-        }
+        LOGGER.debug("Started a flush operation for index: {}", lsmIndex);
         synchronized (opTracker) {
             while (!enterComponents(operation.getAccessor().getOpContext(), LSMOperationType.FLUSH)) {
                 try {
@@ -520,8 +518,8 @@
                     operation.getAccessor().getOpContext().getSearchOperationCallback(),
                     operation.getAccessor().getOpContext().getModificationCallback());
         }
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.info("Finished the flush operation for index: {}. Result: ", lsmIndex, operation.getStatus());
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Finished the flush operation for index: {}. Result: {}", lsmIndex, operation.getStatus());
         }
     }
 
@@ -561,8 +559,8 @@
 
     @Override
     public void merge(ILSMIOOperation operation) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.info("Started a merge operation for index: {}", lsmIndex);
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Started a merge operation for index: {}", lsmIndex);
         }
         synchronized (opTracker) {
             enterComponents(operation.getAccessor().getOpContext(), LSMOperationType.MERGE);
@@ -576,8 +574,8 @@
                     operation.getAccessor().getOpContext().getSearchOperationCallback(),
                     operation.getAccessor().getOpContext().getModificationCallback());
         }
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.info("Finished the merge operation for index: {}. Result: {}", lsmIndex, operation.getStatus());
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Finished the merge operation for index: {}. Result: {}", lsmIndex, operation.getStatus());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/MemoryComponentMetadata.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/MemoryComponentMetadata.java
index e73fa0a..0c2167f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/MemoryComponentMetadata.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/MemoryComponentMetadata.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetadataFrame;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IComponentMetadata;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -95,11 +94,11 @@
     public void copy(IMetadataPageManager mdpManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         lock.readLock().lock();
         try {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Copying Metadata into a different component");
+            LOGGER.trace("Copying Metadata into a different component");
             ITreeIndexMetadataFrame frame = mdpManager.createMetadataFrame();
             for (Pair<IValueReference, ArrayBackedValueStorage> pair : store) {
-                if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Copying " + pair.getKey() + " : " + pair.getValue().getLength() + " bytes");
+                if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                    LOGGER.trace("Copying " + pair.getKey() + " : " + pair.getValue().getLength() + " bytes");
                 }
                 mdpManager.put(frame, pair.getKey(), pair.getValue());
             }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java
index 262943a..1e3f85b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
             new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(IO_REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE);
 
     //DEBUG
-    private static final Level fileOpsLevel = Level.DEBUG;
+    private static final Level fileOpsLevel = Level.TRACE;
     private ArrayList<CachedPage> confiscatedPages;
     private Lock confiscateLock;
     private HashMap<CachedPage, StackTraceElement[]> confiscatedPagesOwner;