hi, anyone interested in ejb benchmarking check out http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/j2ee/ecperf/download.html robert (-) Robert Krüger (-) SIGNAL 7 Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie mbH (-) Brüder-Knauß-Str. 79 - 64285 Darmstadt, (-) Tel: 06151 665401, Fax: 06151 665373 (-) [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.signal7.de