anonymous wrote : Eviction timer thread runs every 3 seconds. So back to the original question, how does maxNodes work?? The general rule is that implicitly created nodes are not being counted for eviction. They are not structural nodes neither (e.g. if you add something to them they will be considered for eviction). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4185790#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...