"christian.bauer(a)jboss.com" wrote : ...15 seconds from cache cold start. Redeploy takes about 5 seconds. So if you follow the getting started guidelines, you should see some other numbers already... Whats the spec of this machine from hell you use? I use an Core 2 Duo (Merom) with 2,13 GHz & 1GB Ram and JBoss AS needs ~12s without any deployed applications. Even with the smallest seam app (e.g. seam-gen generated framework) it takes 30-35s to start. Further all getting started guides only say "Install JBoss AS with the EJB3 profile". Is this what you are referring to or did I miss something? I think he meant how to slime the EJB3 profile down a bit - e.g. no CORBA, .... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4035585#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...