you describe your problem, but not what you want to achieve, other than '100.000 domain objects need processing' This is so vague that it is hard to even start thinking about a solution. Maybe 4 hours is not so bad if you can at almost the same time finish the 'process' (what ever it may be). So many options from not using persistency, not using workflow/bpm but use businessrules to just doing it in plain java. Remember bpms are not 42 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4126753#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...