diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java
index 3d68b19e07..8efeabbdf4 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java
@@ -1525,6 +1525,9 @@ public final class FileConfigurationParser extends XMLConfigurationUtil
          }
       }
 
+      // Warn if connection-ttl-override/connection-ttl == check-period
+      compareTTLWithCheckPeriod(mainConfig, connectionTTL, clientFailureCheckPeriod);
+
       ClusterConnectionConfiguration config = new ClusterConnectionConfiguration()
          .setName(name)
          .setAddress(address)
@@ -1686,6 +1689,9 @@ public final class FileConfigurationParser extends XMLConfigurationUtil
          }
       }
 
+      // Warn if connection-ttl-override/connection-ttl == check-period
+      compareTTLWithCheckPeriod(mainConfig, connectionTTL, clientFailureCheckPeriod);
+
       BridgeConfiguration config = new BridgeConfiguration()
          .setName(name)
          .setQueueName(queueName)
@@ -1805,4 +1811,13 @@ public final class FileConfigurationParser extends XMLConfigurationUtil
          .setParams(params)
          .setName(name);
    }
-}
+
+   private void compareTTLWithCheckPeriod(final Configuration config, final long connectionTTL, final long checkPeriod)
+   {
+      if (config.getConnectionTTLOverride() == checkPeriod)
+          ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.connectionTTLEqualsCheckPeriod("connection-ttl-override", "check-period");
+
+      if (connectionTTL == checkPeriod)
+          ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.connectionTTLEqualsCheckPeriod("connection-ttl", "check-period");
+   }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServerLogger.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServerLogger.java
index 231b94c680..b136990600 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServerLogger.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServerLogger.java
@@ -1166,6 +1166,14 @@ public interface ActiveMQServerLogger extends BasicLogger
            format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
    void backupActivationTimeout();
 
+   @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.WARN)
+   @Message(id = 222202,
+           value = "<{0}> should not be set to the same value as <{1}>.  " +
+                   "If a system is under high load, or there is a minor network delay, " +
+                   "there is a high probability of a cluster split/failure due to connection timeout.",
+           format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
+   void connectionTTLEqualsCheckPeriod(String ttl, String checkPeriod);
+
    @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.ERROR)
    @Message(id = 224000, value = "Failure in initialisation", format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
    void initializationError(@Cause Throwable e);