I teach classes on the JBoss ESB / SOA Platform. ESB uses JBM clustered queues to achieve high availability and scalability. I describe the feature exactly as Tim has described it; and students seem to accept this as reasonable / preferable behavior. I would not want to see this change in the future. Customers just need to be better educated. Jeff View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4170820#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...