Major JChannel.init(ProtocolCtackConfigurator) has a synchronized(Channel.class) block that doesn't seem necessary, as JChannel instances do not normally share resources.
This can cause serious delays in the Infinispan test suite, because we run many tests in parallel, each creating its own cluster. In some tests we also have a timeout for the test to create the JChannel (among other things), and these delays can lead to random failures (e.g. ISPN-4802).
