- whether separate subpools should be created for connections inside and outside JTA transactions (default false) - the minimum number of connections in the pool (default 0 - zero) < max-pool-size> - the maximum number of connections in the pool (default 20) - the length of time to wait for a connection to become available when all the connections are checked out (default 5000 = = 5 Seconds, from 3.2.4 IT IS 30000 == 30 Seconds - the number of minutes after which unused connections are closed (Default 15 minutes) - WHETHER THE CONNECTION SHOULD BE "Locked" To the Transaction, Returning It to the pool at the end of the transactions (Default True For Local, False for XA)