Gunnar, > Second fastest is #1, nfs mount shared by Samba 4000 files in around 6 min > Slowest is #2 where I need more than 12 min for 4000 files. Thanks for running that test. That's a significant difference. I wonder in the Samba > Gluster client > Gluster server scenario whether the slowness is the Gluster client transacting with both servers rather than just the local one. You've at least confirmed my suspicion that Samba > NFS > Gluster is not at any speed disadvantage. And in many months of running that way, as I said, there have been no performance complaints - although with this an unsupported configuration it could turn out we've just been lucky and that there's something yet that can go wrong. Whit