Hi, yes, depending on your system architecture. Basically using JBoss Cache as a 2nd level cache for Hibernate will mean that you reduce strain on your database backend, if that is in fact your bottleneck. If your bottleneck is elsewhere, e.g., in rendering parts of your application, depending on your specific logic JBoss Cache can potentially help here as well. In terms of handling that kind of load (the article mentions 200k hits per second on a website) again, depending on your server hardware and architecture, you can build a cluster using JBoss Cache to cope with this. Hope this helps. - Manik View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4102513#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...