>>>>> "Holger" == Holger Kiehl <Holger.Kiehl@xxxxxx> writes: Holger> Hello I have a system with the following setup: (4-way CPUs, 8 spindles on two controllers) Try using XFS. See http://scalability.gelato.org/DiskScalability_2fResults --- ext3 is single threaded and tends not to get the full benefit of either the multiple spindles nor the multiple processors. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html