On the second question, it almost never makes sense to have EJBs on a separate tier from the web application. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4002067#4002067 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4002067