> fuse.x86_64-2.7.4-1.el5.rf from dag.wieers.com > dkms-fuse.noarch-2.7.4-1.nodist.rf from dag.wieers.com Can you try with a different fuse version (kernel module included)? There have been reports about 2.7.4 performing badly for writes in certain kernel versions. Can you try 2.7.3 ? thanks, avati