Hibernate version: 2.1

From my hibernate.cfg.xml file:

<property name="hibernate.max_fetch_depth">100</property>
<!-- changed to 100 after reading hibernate docs. we'll use outer-join="auto" and lazy="true" in the mappings. hibernate 2.1 ignores outer-join when HQL queries are made so, for performance, all 'shallow' queries will be made using HQL without specifying any joins. all 'deep' queries will be made using criteria queries which do not ignore outer-join. -->

I'm trying to performance tune an existing hibernate app. Would the comment above be considered acurate?

Thanks,
Jack

yes, but I would choose a very lower value for the max fetch size - i would chosse sometinh between 1 and 5.
I woud considre using left join fetch on queries and also the use of "select new" type of query.