Any chance of you repeating the test with different lo_prealloc values? Add *one* of these to /etc/modprobe.conf :
options loop lo_prealloc=125 options loop lo_prealloc=250 options loop lo_prealloc=500
125 is the default, so no need to re-test that one.
yes, will do so tonight.
thanks, Christian.
-- BOFH excuse #153:
Big to little endian conversion error
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