I thought that FD retries only 'x' number of times (max_tries) after that it will not try to detect the member again. Is that not correct? Below is the config, max_tries is set to 5. <UDP mcast_addr="${partition.udpGroup:228.1.2.3}" mcast_port="${jboss.hapartition.mcast_port:45566}" tos="8" ucast_recv_buf_size="20000000" ucast_send_buf_size="640000" mcast_recv_buf_size="25000000" mcast_send_buf_size="640000" loopback="false" discard_incompatible_packets="true" enable_bundling="false" max_bundle_size="64000" max_bundle_timeout="30" use_incoming_packet_handler="true" use_outgoing_packet_handler="false" ip_ttl="${jgroups.udp.ip_ttl:2}" down_thread="false" up_thread="false"/> <PING timeout="2000" down_thread="false" up_thread="false" num_initial_members="3"/> <MERGE2 max_interval="100000" down_thread="false" up_thread="false" min_interval="20000"/> <FD_SOCK down_thread="false" up_thread="false"/> <FD timeout="10000" max_tries="5" down_thread="false" up_thread="false" shun="true"/> <VERIFY_SUSPECT timeout="1500" down_thread="false" up_thread="false"/> <pbcast.NAKACK max_xmit_size="60000" use_mcast_xmit="false" gc_lag="0" retransmit_timeout="300,600,1200,2400,4800" down_thread="false" up_thread="false" discard_delivered_msgs="true"/> <UNICAST timeout="300,600,1200,2400,3600" down_thread="false" up_thread="false"/> <pbcast.STABLE stability_delay="1000" desired_avg_gossip="50000" down_thread="false" up_thread="false" max_bytes="400000"/> <pbcast.GMS print_local_addr="true" join_timeout="3000" down_thread="false" up_thread="false" join_retry_timeout="2000" shun="true" view_bundling="true"/> <FRAG2 frag_size="60000" down_thread="false" up_thread="false"/> <pbcast.STATE_TRANSFER down_thread="false" up_thread="false" use_flush="false"/> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4192313#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...