Luke, Here are the results of two runs of 16GB file tests on XFS. scsi disc array xfs ,16G,81024,99,153016,24,73422,10,82092,97,243210,17,1043.1,0,16,3172,7,+++++,+++,2957,9,3197,10,+++++,+++,2484,8 scsi disc array xfs ,16G,83320,99,155641,25,73662,10,81756,96,243352,18,1029.1,0,16,3119,10,+++++,+++,2789,7,3263,11,+++++,+++,2014,6 Thanks. Steve > Can you run bonnie++ version 1.03a on the machine and report the results > here? > > It could be OK if you have the latest Linux driver for cciss, someone has > reported good results to this list with the latest, bleeding edge version of > Linux (2.6.17). > > - Luke > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > match