I was wondering about what happens to the directory database when it is connected over network sockets and what the scalability is. Turned up this interesting set of benchmarks. http://bulk.fefe.de/scalability/ Of particular interest in our context is the opening of 10,000 small files. Scroll all the way to the bottom for this. Basically, Linux 2.6 is going to be a beautiful place for the directory database :-) --Eric -- "Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse." --Murphy's Corollary