"manik.surtani(a)jboss.com" wrote : cache_4 does use a cache loader though? (ExtendedClusteredCacheLoader). Cache misses will be broadcast across the cluster to attempt a load from a neighbouring cache. I never said this cache didn't use a cache loader. I assume broadcasting of misses occurs in both directions, from node_1 to node_2 and from node_2 to node_1. Assuming both nodes have been load balanced and have similar statistics in hits, misses, stores, ratios, etc... but for read/write times, the question isn`t still answered. Why read/write times are so different from one cache to the other? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4124858#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...