thank you! btw, I found the answer to my first question. ejb3-interceptors-aop.xml: <domain name="Stateful Bean" extends="Base Stateful Bean" inheritBindings="true"> | ... | <annotation expr=&quot;!class((a)org.jboss.annotation.ejb.cache.simple.CacheConfig) AND !class((a)org.jboss.annotation.ejb.Clustered)&quot;&gt; | @org.jboss.annotation.ejb.cache.simple.CacheConfig (maxSize=100000, idleTimeoutSeconds=3600) | </annotation> | ... | </domain> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3984429#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...