Thanks for your reply Pete. Could I ask why you prefer this strategy over using SFSB or SLSBs? I can't seem to find anything in the docs or by searching the forums that gives an idea as to how to choose the most appropriate strategy for a particular app, so I'd be really grateful for any advice you can offer me as I'm feeling a bit lost... Or perhaps there is some helpful documentation / forum posts that I've missed to which you could point me? Many thanks, Lawrie View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4018965#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...