Quick question: when I have a view {A,B,C,D,E,F} at time T and then receive 2 subsequent views within 3 seconds: - {A,B,C} - {A,B,C,E,F} will there be 2 rehashes / rebalancings, or 1 ? Is there a delay that can be configured for rebalancing on view changes ? The reason I'm asking is that I'm working on RELAY for JGroups, which will allow for distribution of data across geographically separate clusters, e.g. NYC={A,B,C} and SFO={D,E,F}. NYC and SFO are linked by a relay, and the global view is therefore {A,B,C,D,E,F}. A is responsible for establishing a global view for NYC, and D does the same for SFO. What happens in NYC when D crashes, or leaves is: - All nodes from the remote cluster are removed from the global view: {A,B,C} - E then takes over as coordinator in SFO and establishes a bridge cluster with A, so A now installs {A,B,C,E,F} -- Bela Ban Lead JGroups / Clustering Team JBoss