On 04/28/2011 11:33 AM, Martin Schenker wrote: > With millions of files on a system this is a HUGE overhead. Running the Using fam or similar, this overhead could be reduced. But I'd expect that the file system should do this correctly. What specifically was the shutdown/startup sequence? -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics Inc. email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/sicluster phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615