I reinstalled node33 and node34 with centos 5.5 x86_64 and gluster 3.0.4 and repeated the same scenario with node35 running debian squeeze x86_64 and gluster 3.0.4 and didn't get the stale nfs file handle error. so there may be an issue with gluster server 3.0.4 on debian squeeze (or at least my installation of it). -stephen -- Stephen Mulcahy, DI2, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, NUI Galway, IDA Business Park, Lower Dangan, Galway, Ireland http://di2.deri.ie http://webstar.deri.ie http://sindice.com