The problem is when one record is *not* deleted. f1: A1, A2 (A2 won't be deleted for a while) f2: D1, A3, A4 f3: D3, D4 A5 A6 f4: D5, D6, A7, a8 f5: d7, d8, A9, A10 F2 won't be reclaimed because f1 is not completed yet. F3 won't be reclaimed because it has waiting records on F2... F4->F3, F5->F4 If I phisically removed A1 from f1 (as it is deleted & confirmed already), f2, f3, f4 and f5 will be instantly reclaimable. That's the common scenario that would break reclaiming. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4208734#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...