I would like to suggest that the AFR translator have a feature added to it allowing one to specify the minimum required numbers of subvolumes to which every write action must succeed on in order for the translator to report a success. So, for example in the AFR config an option such as : volume afr type cluster/afr subvolumes one two three option minimum.writes 2 end-volume would ensure that at least two of the nodes get every write update. Thoughts, -Martin ____________________________________________________________________________________ Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com