>> >> >> I can reproducably, impact on FDS performance by running: >> $ getent passwd | cut -d: -f 1 | while read i; do id $i; done Since you can reproduce the syndrome at will, and in a steady state, just run that command above and then go run 'pstack <fds_pid>' on the server machine. That'll dump the thread stacks and tell you where the server is spending its time (assuming, which I am, that we've already established that the server is for some reason burning CPU when subjected to this load).