> I might be able to guess at locking issues - PHP locks session files > during access, and removes the lock once the request has finished. How > well does gluster handle locking ? posix-locks are not officially *in*. the tla version of posix-locks is under development and we will make an annuuncement when it is complete. my guess too is locking as the io-thread hanging was a known bug. please use the latest tla for the fix. avati -- ultimate_answer_t deep_thought (void) { sleep (years2secs (7500000)); return 42; }