diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc-rep.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc-rep.conf
index 6e20dd7..818b835 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc-rep.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc-rep.conf
@@ -48,5 +48,4 @@
 [common]
 log.level = INFO
 replication.enabled=true
-replication.strategy=all
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
\ No newline at end of file
+replication.strategy=all
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc.conf
index e8f9897..51c71c2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc.conf
@@ -62,4 +62,3 @@
 compiler.internal.sanitycheck=true
 messaging.frame.size=4096
 messaging.frame.count=512
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc2.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc2.conf
index e5da5e3..016c485 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc2.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc2.conf
@@ -57,4 +57,3 @@
 compiler.parallelism=-1
 messaging.frame.size=4096
 messaging.frame.count=512
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc3.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc3.conf
index 121ed85..88362aa 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc3.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc3.conf
@@ -57,4 +57,3 @@
 compiler.parallelism=3
 messaging.frame.size=4096
 messaging.frame.count=512
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc4.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc4.conf
index f5025a5..6a66d25 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc4.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc4.conf
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@
 messaging.frame.size=4096
 messaging.frame.count=512
 compiler.parallelism=-1
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-compression.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-compression.conf
index bd7f1d0..c8d9780 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-compression.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-compression.conf
@@ -56,4 +56,3 @@
 messaging.frame.size=4096
 messaging.frame.count=512
 storage.compression.block=snappy
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-multipart.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-multipart.conf
index b33221d..5543e51 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-multipart.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-multipart.conf
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@
 compiler.windowmemory=192KB
 messaging.frame.size=4096
 messaging.frame.count=512
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-rep-ssl.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-rep-ssl.conf
index 7146c22..db4ca20 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-rep-ssl.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-rep-ssl.conf
@@ -58,5 +58,4 @@
 log.level = INFO
 replication.enabled=true
 replication.strategy=all
-ssl.enabled=true
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
\ No newline at end of file
+ssl.enabled=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-single.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-single.conf
index 875af51..794b5b0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-single.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-single.conf
@@ -48,4 +48,3 @@
 compiler.windowmemory=192KB
 messaging.frame.size=4096
 messaging.frame.count=512
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-small-txn-log-partition.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-small-txn-log-partition.conf
index 4091625..dd8edb4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-small-txn-log-partition.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-small-txn-log-partition.conf
@@ -56,4 +56,3 @@
 txn.log.buffer.pagesize=128KB
 txn.log.checkpoint.pollfrequency=2147483647
 txn.log.checkpoint.history=0
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-ssl.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-ssl.conf
index 47171e0..499e9fc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-ssl.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-ssl.conf
@@ -67,5 +67,4 @@
 compiler.windowmemory=192KB
 messaging.frame.size=4096
 messaging.frame.count=512
-ssl.enabled=true
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
\ No newline at end of file
+ssl.enabled=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-storage.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-storage.conf
index bc50c13..9e869c7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-storage.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-storage.conf
@@ -55,5 +55,4 @@
 messaging.frame.count=512
 storage.compression.block=snappy
 txn.log.checkpoint.pollfrequency=10
-txn.dataset.checkpoint.interval=10
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
\ No newline at end of file
+txn.dataset.checkpoint.interval=10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc.conf
index 51ee756..1899122 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc.conf
@@ -59,4 +59,3 @@
 compiler.windowmemory=192KB
 messaging.frame.size=4096
 messaging.frame.count=512
-txn.lock.table.size=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
index 9e8fb29..cc38ea0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "txn\.job\.recovery\.memorysize" : 67108864,
     "txn\.lock\.escalationthreshold" : 1000,
     "txn\.lock\.shrinktimer" : 5000,
-    "txn\.lock\.table\.size" : 1000,
+    "txn\.lock\.table\.size" : 1009,
     "txn\.lock\.timeout\.sweepthreshold" : 10000,
     "txn\.lock\.timeout\.waitthreshold" : 60000,
     "txn\.log\.buffer\.numpages" : 8,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
index 5cded03..e8af59d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "txn\.job\.recovery\.memorysize" : 67108864,
     "txn\.lock\.escalationthreshold" : 1000,
     "txn\.lock\.shrinktimer" : 5000,
-    "txn\.lock\.table\.size" : 1000,
+    "txn\.lock\.table\.size" : 1009,
     "txn\.lock\.timeout\.sweepthreshold" : 10000,
     "txn\.lock\.timeout\.waitthreshold" : 60000,
     "txn\.log\.buffer\.numpages" : 8,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
index e1cbd5d..9d877c9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "txn\.job\.recovery\.memorysize" : 67108864,
     "txn\.lock\.escalationthreshold" : 1000,
     "txn\.lock\.shrinktimer" : 5000,
-    "txn\.lock\.table\.size" : 1000,
+    "txn\.lock\.table\.size" : 1009,
     "txn\.lock\.timeout\.sweepthreshold" : 10000,
     "txn\.lock\.timeout\.waitthreshold" : 60000,
     "txn\.log\.buffer\.numpages" : 8,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/StorageProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/StorageProperties.java
index 3b6a893..a99a306 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/StorageProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/StorageProperties.java
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
     public enum Option implements IOption {
         STORAGE_BUFFERCACHE_PAGESIZE(INTEGER_BYTE_UNIT, StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(128, KILOBYTE)),
         // By default, uses 1/4 of the maximum heap size for read cache, i.e., disk buffer cache.
-        STORAGE_BUFFERCACHE_SIZE(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory() / 4),
+        STORAGE_BUFFERCACHE_SIZE(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, MAX_HEAP_BYTES / 4),
         STORAGE_BUFFERCACHE_MAXOPENFILES(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, Integer.MAX_VALUE),
-        STORAGE_MEMORYCOMPONENT_GLOBALBUDGET(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory() / 4),
+        STORAGE_MEMORYCOMPONENT_GLOBALBUDGET(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, MAX_HEAP_BYTES / 4),
         STORAGE_MEMORYCOMPONENT_PAGESIZE(INTEGER_BYTE_UNIT, StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(128, KILOBYTE)),
         STORAGE_MEMORYCOMPONENT_NUMCOMPONENTS(POSITIVE_INTEGER, 2),
         STORAGE_MEMORYCOMPONENT_FLUSH_THRESHOLD(DOUBLE, 0.9d),
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public static final long MAX_HEAP_BYTES = Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory();
     private static final int SYSTEM_RESERVED_DATASETS = 0;
 
     public StorageProperties(PropertiesAccessor accessor) {
@@ -184,13 +185,12 @@
     }
 
     public long getJobExecutionMemoryBudget() {
-        final long jobExecutionMemory =
-                Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory() - getBufferCacheSize() - getMemoryComponentGlobalBudget();
+        final long jobExecutionMemory = MAX_HEAP_BYTES - getBufferCacheSize() - getMemoryComponentGlobalBudget();
         if (jobExecutionMemory <= 0) {
             final String msg = String.format(
                     "Invalid node memory configuration, more memory budgeted than available in JVM. Runtime max memory:"
                             + " (%d), Buffer cache memory (%d), memory component global budget (%d)",
-                    Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory(), getBufferCacheSize(), getMemoryComponentGlobalBudget());
+                    MAX_HEAP_BYTES, getBufferCacheSize(), getMemoryComponentGlobalBudget());
             throw new IllegalStateException(msg);
         }
         return jobExecutionMemory;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/TransactionProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/TransactionProperties.java
index b6f2b18..050a493 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/TransactionProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/TransactionProperties.java
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IApplicationConfig;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IOption;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IOptionType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.Section;
@@ -73,7 +75,13 @@
                 POSITIVE_INTEGER,
                 10000,
                 "Interval (in milliseconds) for checking lock " + "timeout"),
-        TXN_LOCK_TABLE_SIZE(POSITIVE_INTEGER, 1024 * 1024, "The number of slots in the lock table."),
+        TXN_LOCK_TABLE_SIZE(
+                POSITIVE_INTEGER,
+                TXN_LOCK_TABLE_SIZE_DEFAULT,
+                "The number of slots in the lock table (should be a prime number)",
+                "for JVM max heaps < 8 GB, 1009, otherwise 1048583: (e.g. " + TXN_LOCK_TABLE_SIZE_DEFAULT
+                        + " for the current max heap of "
+                        + StorageUtil.toHumanReadableSize(StorageProperties.MAX_HEAP_BYTES) + ")"),
         TXN_COMMITPROFILER_ENABLED(BOOLEAN, false, "Enable output of commit profiler logs"),
         TXN_COMMITPROFILER_REPORTINTERVAL(POSITIVE_INTEGER, 5, "Interval (in seconds) to report commit profiler logs"),
         TXN_JOB_RECOVERY_MEMORYSIZE(
@@ -84,11 +92,17 @@
         private final IOptionType type;
         private final Object defaultValue;
         private final String description;
+        private final String usageOverride;
 
         Option(IOptionType type, Object defaultValue, String description) {
+            this(type, defaultValue, description, null);
+        }
+
+        Option(IOptionType type, Object defaultValue, String description, String usageOverride) {
             this.type = type;
             this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
             this.description = description;
+            this.usageOverride = usageOverride;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -110,8 +124,16 @@
         public Object defaultValue() {
             return defaultValue;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public String usageDefaultOverride(IApplicationConfig accessor, Function<IOption, String> optionPrinter) {
+            return usageOverride;
+        }
     }
 
+    private static final int TXN_LOCK_TABLE_SIZE_DEFAULT =
+            StorageProperties.MAX_HEAP_BYTES < StorageUtil.getByteValue("8GB") ? 1009 : 1048583;
+
     public static final String TXN_LOG_PARTITIONSIZE_KEY = Option.TXN_LOG_PARTITIONSIZE.ini();
 
     public static final String TXN_LOG_CHECKPOINT_POLLFREQUENCY_KEY = Option.TXN_LOG_CHECKPOINT_POLLFREQUENCY.ini();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
index ddab169..bef8847 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     private static final boolean ENABLED_DEADLOCK_FREE_LOCKING_PROTOCOL = true;
 
     private static final int NIL = -1;
-    private static final long NILL = -1L;
+    static final long NILL = -1L;
 
     private static final boolean DEBUG_MODE = false;//true
     private static final boolean CHECK_CONSISTENCY = false;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
     public ConcurrentLockManager(final int lockManagerShrinkTimer, final int noArenas, final int tableSize)
             throws ACIDException {
-        this.table = new ResourceGroupTable(tableSize);
+        table = new ResourceGroupTable(tableSize);
         resArenaMgr = new ResourceArenaManager(noArenas, lockManagerShrinkTimer);
         reqArenaMgr = new RequestArenaManager(noArenas, lockManagerShrinkTimer);
         jobArenaMgr = new JobArenaManager(noArenas, lockManagerShrinkTimer);
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 
         final long txnId = txnContext.getTxnId().getId();
         final ResourceGroup group = table.get(datasetId.getId(), entityHashValue);
-        if (group.firstResourceIndex.get() == NILL) {
+        if (group.firstResourceIndex == NILL) {
             validateJob(txnContext);
             // if we do not have a resource in the group, we know that the
             // resource that we are looking for is not locked
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 
         final long txnId = txnContext.getTxnId().getId();
         final ResourceGroup group = table.get(datasetId.getId(), entityHashValue);
-        if (group.firstResourceIndex.get() == NILL) {
+        if (group.firstResourceIndex == NILL) {
             validateJob(txnContext);
             // if we do not have a resource in the group, we know that the
             // resource that we are looking for is not locked
@@ -508,9 +508,9 @@
             reqArenaMgr.deallocate(holder);
             // deallocate resource or fix max lock mode
             if (resourceNotUsed(resource)) {
-                long prev = group.firstResourceIndex.get();
+                long prev = group.firstResourceIndex;
                 if (prev == resource) {
-                    group.firstResourceIndex.set(resArenaMgr.getNext(resource));
+                    group.firstResourceIndex = resArenaMgr.getNext(resource);
                 } else {
                     while (resArenaMgr.getNext(prev) != resource) {
                         prev = resArenaMgr.getNext(prev);
@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@
             resSlot = resArenaMgr.allocate();
             resArenaMgr.setDatasetId(resSlot, dsId);
             resArenaMgr.setPkHashVal(resSlot, entityHashValue);
-            resArenaMgr.setNext(resSlot, group.firstResourceIndex.get());
-            group.firstResourceIndex.set(resSlot);
+            resArenaMgr.setNext(resSlot, group.firstResourceIndex);
+            group.firstResourceIndex = resSlot;
             if (DEBUG_MODE) {
                 LOGGER.trace("new res slot " + TypeUtil.Global.toString(resSlot) + " (" + dsId + ", " + entityHashValue
                         + ")");
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@
 
     private long findResourceInGroup(ResourceGroup group, int dsId, int entityHashValue) {
         stats.logCounters(LOGGER, LVL, false);
-        long resSlot = group.firstResourceIndex.get();
+        long resSlot = group.firstResourceIndex;
         while (resSlot != NILL) {
             // either we already have a lock on this resource or we have a
             // hash collision
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@
                 final ResourceGroup group = table.get(i);
                 if (group.tryLatch(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
                     try {
-                        long resSlot = group.firstResourceIndex.get();
+                        long resSlot = group.firstResourceIndex;
                         while (resSlot != NILL) {
                             int dsId = resArenaMgr.getDatasetId(resSlot);
                             int entityHashValue = resArenaMgr.getPkHashVal(resSlot);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroup.java b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroup.java
index 95701d5..44505e7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroup.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroup.java
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.locking;
 
+import static org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.locking.ConcurrentLockManager.NILL;
+
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Condition;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionContext;
 
@@ -33,25 +34,25 @@
  * @see ConcurrentLockManager
  */
 class ResourceGroup {
-    private ReentrantReadWriteLock latch;
-    private Condition condition;
-    AtomicLong firstResourceIndex;
+    private final ReentrantLock latch;
+    private final Condition condition;
+    volatile long firstResourceIndex;
 
     ResourceGroup() {
-        latch = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
-        condition = latch.writeLock().newCondition();
-        firstResourceIndex = new AtomicLong(-1);
+        latch = new ReentrantLock();
+        condition = latch.newCondition();
+        firstResourceIndex = NILL;
     }
 
     void getLatch() {
         log("latch");
-        latch.writeLock().lock();
+        latch.lock();
     }
 
     boolean tryLatch(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
         log("tryLatch");
         try {
-            return latch.writeLock().tryLock(timeout, unit);
+            return latch.tryLock(timeout, unit);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             ConcurrentLockManager.LOGGER.trace("interrupted while wating on ResourceGroup");
             throw e;
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
 
     void releaseLatch() {
         log("release");
-        latch.writeLock().unlock();
+        latch.unlock();
     }
 
     boolean hasWaiters() {
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@
     }
 
     public String toString() {
-        return "{ id : " + hashCode() + ", first : " + TypeUtil.Global.toString(firstResourceIndex.get()) + ", "
+        return "{ id : " + hashCode() + ", first : " + TypeUtil.Global.toString(firstResourceIndex) + ", "
                 + "waiters : " + (hasWaiters() ? "true" : "false") + " }";
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroupTable.java b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroupTable.java
index 3759f96..93cda83 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroupTable.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceGroupTable.java
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@
  */
 
 class ResourceGroupTable {
-    public final int size;
-
-    private ResourceGroup[] table;
+    final int size;
+    private final ResourceGroup[] table;
 
     public ResourceGroupTable(int size) {
         this.size = size;
@@ -42,10 +41,7 @@
 
     ResourceGroup get(int dId, int entityHashValue) {
         // TODO ensure good properties of hash function
-        int h = Math.abs(dId ^ entityHashValue);
-        if (h < 0)
-            h = 0;
-        return table[h % size];
+        return table[Math.abs(dId ^ entityHashValue) % size];
     }
 
     ResourceGroup get(int i) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceTablePrinter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceTablePrinter.java
index e8ef2c8..24691dd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceTablePrinter.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ResourceTablePrinter.java
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@
         int i = 0;
         long res = -1;
         while (res == -1 && i < table.size) {
-            res = table.get(i++).firstResourceIndex.get();
+            res = table.get(i++).firstResourceIndex;
         }
         while (i < table.size) {
             sb = appendResource(sb, res);
             res = resArenaMgr.getNext(res);
             while (res == -1 && i < table.size) {
-                res = table.get(i++).firstResourceIndex.get();
+                res = table.get(i++).firstResourceIndex;
             }
             if (res == -1) {
                 sb.append("\n");