Perhaps this IS a Samba problem. I created a new directory structure on my RAID5 array from the Linux console and move its contents of large files to the new subdirectory. Although I need to do more testing, the problem seem to have vanished--at least when copying new files from my network Samba clients to the new subdirectory. Much of the subdirectory structure on the RAID5 array was originally created using Windows Explorer on a Windows XP client by simply dragging and dropping the subdirectory icons to the Samba share on the RAID5. Could Samba have screwed up this operation in a manner resulting in my symptoms? I'd sure like to better understand the problem so I can avoid it in the future. Thanks, Cal _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users