I found another crucial clue: if I use ClientDriver instead of EmbeddedDriver and connect to the Derby database running under Jetty, I get identical performance with Tomcat and Jetty.
This is very strong indication that there is something about the combination of EmbeddedDriver and Tomcat that is gumming up the works. -- Øyvind Harboe - Can Zylin Consulting help on your project? http://www.zylin.com/
