All - I would like to know if anyone is using "dir_index" on a ext3 filesystem used by Gluster and/or is mounting that block device with "noatime" and "data=writeback". We are doing some of our own testing in the lab but it would be nice to know if anyone is using these options in real life. As always, thank you very much. Craig -- Craig Carl Join us for a Webinar on May 26; Case Studies: Deploying Open Source Storage Clouds Sales Engineer; Gluster, Inc. Cell - ( 408) 829-9953 (California, USA) Office - ( 408) 770-1884 Gtalk - craig.carl at gmail.com Twitter - @gluster Installing Gluster Storage Platform, the movie!