Hello, We have the following configuration - 14 GFS nodes each with dual 2.4 GHz Xeon and 2 GB RAM - RHEL 3 with 2.4.21-20.ELsmp kernel - GFS 6.0.0-15 - Apache 1.3.31 on each node The load on each server is consistently high (from 2 -->15) compared to Apache running on a standalone server. The processors are generally about 80% idle and lock_gulmd is always near the top of the 'top' output. Has anybody else experienced this? Is it normal? Thanks in advance. Duncan Morgan