Pete French wrote: >> Have you checked that your dir hash isn't suffering due to lack of memory >> this can have a marked impact on seemingly trivial things like this as >> could silly things like the RAID card being installed in a different slot. > > RAID card is onboard on these things - how would I check the dir hash ? The > slower server has 16 gig of RAM, the faster one has 4 gig. Both were > installed the same way in the same order, so should have the same disc layout > more or less.
This may be a silly question, but have you tried reducing the RAM on the quad core machine to 4GB so the machines match in that respect as well? I seem to recall a thread a while back about someone who had slowdowns in a certain situation with large amounts of RAM (>4GB). Jim _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"