diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/FluoConfigurationImpl.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/FluoConfigurationImpl.java
index aad97a1c8..b742a508f 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/FluoConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/FluoConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -104,21 +104,21 @@ public static int getTxCommitMemory(FluoConfiguration conf) {
     return m;
   }
 
-  public static final String TX_INFO_CACHE_SIZE = FLUO_IMPL_PREFIX + ".tx.failed.cache.size.mb";
-  public static final long TX_INFO_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT = 10_000_000;
+  public static final String TX_INFO_CACHE_WEIGHT = FLUO_IMPL_PREFIX + ".tx.failed.cache.weight.mb";
+  public static final long TX_INFO_CACHE_WEIGHT_DEFAULT = 10_000_000;
 
   /** 
-   * Gets the cache size
+   * Gets the txinfo cache weight 
    * 
    * @param conf The FluoConfiguration
-   * @return The size of the cache value from the property value {@value #TX_INFO_CACHE_SIZE}
-   *     if it is set, else the value of the default value {@value #TX_INFO_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT}
+   * @return The size of the cache value from the property value {@value #TX_INFO_CACHE_WEIGHT}
+   *     if it is set, else the value of the default value {@value #TX_INFO_CACHE_WEIGHT_DEFAULT}
    */
 
-  public static long getTxInfoCacheSize(FluoConfiguration conf) {
-    long size = conf.getLong(TX_INFO_CACHE_SIZE, TX_INFO_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+  public static long getTxInfoCacheWeight(FluoConfiguration conf) {
+    long size = conf.getLong(TX_INFO_CACHE_WEIGHT, TX_INFO_CACHE_WEIGHT_DEFAULT);
     if (size <= 0) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cache size must be positive for " + TX_INFO_CACHE_SIZE);
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cache size must be positive for " + TX_INFO_CACHE_WEIGHT);
     }
     return size;
   }
@@ -144,22 +144,23 @@ public static long getTxIfoCacheTimeout(FluoConfiguration conf, TimeUnit tu) {
     return tu.convert(millis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
   }
 
-  public static final String VISIBILITY_CACHE_SIZE = FLUO_IMPL_PREFIX + ".visibility.cache.size.mb";
-  public static final long VISIBILITY_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT = 10_000_000;
+  public static final String VISIBILITY_CACHE_WEIGHT =
+      FLUO_IMPL_PREFIX + ".visibility.cache.weight.mb";
+  public static final long VISIBILITY_CACHE_WEIGHT_DEFAULT = 10_000_000;
 
   /** 
-   * Gets the cache size
+   * Gets the visibility cache weight
    * 
    * @param conf The FluoConfiguration
-   * @return The size of the cache value from the property value {@value #VISIBILITY_CACHE_SIZE}
-   *     if it is set, else the value of the default value {@value #VISIBILITY_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT}
+   * @return The size of the cache value from the property value {@value #VISIBILITY_CACHE_WEIGHT}
+   *     if it is set, else the value of the default value {@value #VISIBILITY_CACHE_WEIGHT_DEFAULT}
    */
 
-  public static long getVisibilityCacheSize(FluoConfiguration conf) {
-    long size = conf.getLong(VISIBILITY_CACHE_SIZE, VISIBILITY_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+  public static long getVisibilityCacheWeight(FluoConfiguration conf) {
+    long size = conf.getLong(VISIBILITY_CACHE_WEIGHT, VISIBILITY_CACHE_WEIGHT_DEFAULT);
     if (size <= 0) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-          "Cache size must be positive for " + VISIBILITY_CACHE_SIZE);
+          "Cache size must be positive for " + VISIBILITY_CACHE_WEIGHT);
     }
     return size;
   }
@@ -185,6 +186,41 @@ public static long getVisibilityCacheTimeout(FluoConfiguration conf, TimeUnit tu
     return tu.convert(millis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
   }
 
+  private static final String TRANSACTOR_MAX_CACHE_SIZE =
+      FLUO_IMPL_PREFIX + ".transactor.cache.max.size";
+  private static final long TRANSACTOR_MAX_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT = 32768; // this equals 2^15 
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the specified number of entries the cache can contain, this gets the value
+   * of {@value #TRANSACTOR_MAX_CACHE_SIZE} if set, the default 
+   * {@value #TRANSACTOR_CACHE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT} otherwise
+   * 
+   * @param conf The FluoConfiguartion
+   * @return The maximum number of entries permitted in this cache
+   */
+
+  public static long getTransactorMaxCacheSize(FluoConfiguration conf) {
+    long size = conf.getLong(TRANSACTOR_MAX_CACHE_SIZE, TRANSACTOR_MAX_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+    if (size <= 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+          "Cache size must be positive for " + TRANSACTOR_MAX_CACHE_SIZE);
+    }
+    return size;
+  }
+
+  public static final String TRANSACTOR_CACHE_TIMEOUT =
+      FLUO_IMPL_PREFIX + ".transactor.cache.expireTime.ms";
+
+  public static final long TRANSACTOR_CACHE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 24 * 60 * 1000;
+
+  public static long getTransactorCacheTimeout(FluoConfiguration conf, TimeUnit tu) {
+    long millis = conf.getLong(TRANSACTOR_CACHE_TIMEOUT, TRANSACTOR_CACHE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT);
+    if (millis <= 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Timeout must positive for " + TRANSACTOR_CACHE_TIMEOUT);
+    }
+    return tu.convert(millis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+  }
+
   public static final String ASYNC_CW_THREADS = FLUO_IMPL_PREFIX + ".async.cw.threads";
   public static final int ASYNC_CW_THREADS_DEFAULT = 8;
   public static final String ASYNC_CW_LIMIT = FLUO_IMPL_PREFIX + ".async.cw.limit";
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/TransactorCache.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/TransactorCache.java
index 892ba4a17..28313299e 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/TransactorCache.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/TransactorCache.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.cache.PathChildrenCache.StartMode;
 import org.apache.fluo.accumulo.util.LongUtil;
 import org.apache.fluo.accumulo.util.ZookeeperPath;
+import org.apache.fluo.api.config.FluoConfiguration;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -47,11 +48,14 @@ public enum TcStatus {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TransactorCache.class);
 
   public TransactorCache(Environment env) {
-
-    timeoutCache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().maximumSize(1 << 15)
-        .expireAfterAccess(FluoConfigurationImpl.TX_INFO_CACHE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT,
-            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-        .concurrencyLevel(10).build();
+    final FluoConfiguration conf = env.getConfiguration();
+
+    timeoutCache =
+        CacheBuilder.newBuilder().maximumSize(FluoConfigurationImpl.getTransactorMaxCacheSize(conf))
+            .expireAfterAccess(
+                FluoConfigurationImpl.getTransactorCacheTimeout(conf, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS),
+                TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+            .concurrencyLevel(10).build();
 
     this.env = env;
     cache = new PathChildrenCache(env.getSharedResources().getCurator(),
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/TxInfoCache.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/TxInfoCache.java
index 6d3a49e6b..3947c5c7a 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/TxInfoCache.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/TxInfoCache.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public int weigh(PrimaryRowColumn key, TxInfo value) {
     cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
         .expireAfterAccess(FluoConfigurationImpl.getTxIfoCacheTimeout(conf, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS),
             TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-        .maximumWeight(FluoConfigurationImpl.getTxInfoCacheSize(conf))
+        .maximumWeight(FluoConfigurationImpl.getTxInfoCacheWeight(conf))
         .weigher(new TxStatusWeigher()).concurrencyLevel(10).build();
     this.env = env;
   }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/VisibilityCache.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/VisibilityCache.java
index 4d75fbd21..439b9a80c 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/VisibilityCache.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/fluo/core/impl/VisibilityCache.java
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ public int weigh(Bytes key, ColumnVisibility vis) {
         .expireAfterAccess(
             FluoConfigurationImpl.getVisibilityCacheTimeout(conf, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS),
             TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-        .maximumWeight(FluoConfigurationImpl.getVisibilityCacheSize(conf)).weigher(new VisWeigher())
-        .concurrencyLevel(10).build();
+        .maximumWeight(FluoConfigurationImpl.getVisibilityCacheWeight(conf))
+        .weigher(new VisWeigher()).concurrencyLevel(10).build();
   }
 
   public ColumnVisibility getCV(Column col) {