You could allow explict configuration of /_BUDDY_BACKUP_/xxx. The getRegion impl 1) Tries to find a region using the passed in Fqn /_BUDDY_BACKUP_/xxx/foo. 2) If _default_ is found, check if Fqn is under /_BUDDY_BACKUP_/xxx; if so try to find a region using /foo. That's overhead for an obscure use case. We could just skip that for now though and disallow explicit configuration. If requested, add it. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4090235#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...