Well, Ultra2, SMP running (dual 300MHZ CPU's), 256M ram, /home/n5xmt is 6 4.2G drives in half of a SUN D1000 run from a QlogicPTI SCSI board, /home/ncdede is the other 6 4.2G drives on it's own QlogicPTI controller. Here are Bonnie and TIOTEST results: [root@bigdaddy bigbonnie]# ./bonnie -d /home/n5xmt -s 100 -v 10 -m Ultra2 File '/home/n5xmt/Bonnie.737', size: 104857600, volumes: 10 Writing with putc()...done Rewriting...done Writing intelligently...done Reading with getc()...done Reading intelligently...done Seek numbers calculated on first volume only Seeker 2...Seeker 1...Seeker 3...start 'em...done...done...done... -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU Ultra2 10* 100 3367 99.8 22063 35.4 11175 37.3 3944 97.3 27212 29.8 312.7 8.9 [root@bigdaddy bigbonnie]# [root@bigdaddy tiotest-0.16]# sh tiobench.sh 1000 /home/n5xmt Found tiotest in ./tiotest Testing with 1 threads...Done Testing with 2 threads...Done Testing with 4 threads...Done Testing with 8 threads...Done Results for 1 threads: 1048576000 bytes written in 51.920 seconds, 19.26040 MBytes/Sec 1048576000 bytes read in 37.410 seconds, 26.73082 MBytes/Sec 4000 seeks in 31.800 seconds, 125.78616 Seeks/Sec Results for 2 threads: 1048576000 bytes written in 60.440 seconds, 16.54533 MBytes/Sec 1048576000 bytes read in 46.190 seconds, 21.64971 MBytes/Sec 4000 seeks in 19.030 seconds, 210.19443 Seeks/Sec Results for 4 threads: 1048576000 bytes written in 59.060 seconds, 16.93193 MBytes/Sec 1048576000 bytes read in 49.810 seconds, 20.07629 MBytes/Sec 4000 seeks in 12.660 seconds, 315.95577 Seeks/Sec Results for 8 threads: 1048576000 bytes written in 61.140 seconds, 16.35590 MBytes/Sec 1048576000 bytes read in 56.920 seconds, 17.56852 MBytes/Sec 4000 seeks in 10.140 seconds, 394.47732 Seeks/Sec Tests done. [root@bigdaddy tiotest-0.16]# [root@bigdaddy tiotest-0.16]# sh tiobench.sh 1000 /home/ncdede Found tiotest in ./tiotest Testing with 1 threads...Done Testing with 2 threads...Done Testing with 4 threads...Done Testing with 8 threads...Done Results for 1 threads: 1048576000 bytes written in 45.860 seconds, 21.80549 MBytes/Sec 1048576000 bytes read in 36.480 seconds, 27.41228 MBytes/Sec 4000 seeks in 25.770 seconds, 155.21925 Seeks/Sec Results for 2 threads: 1048576000 bytes written in 55.390 seconds, 18.05380 MBytes/Sec 1048576000 bytes read in 44.700 seconds, 22.37136 MBytes/Sec 4000 seeks in 15.730 seconds, 254.29116 Seeks/Sec Results for 4 threads: 1048576000 bytes written in 54.430 seconds, 18.37222 MBytes/Sec 1048576000 bytes read in 48.960 seconds, 20.42484 MBytes/Sec 4000 seeks in 10.600 seconds, 377.35849 Seeks/Sec Results for 8 threads: 1048576000 bytes written in 54.640 seconds, 18.30161 MBytes/Sec 1048576000 bytes read in 55.180 seconds, 18.12251 MBytes/Sec 4000 seeks in 8.670 seconds, 461.36101 Seeks/Sec Tests done. [root@bigdaddy tiotest-0.16]# =========================================================== David Cooley N5XMT Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Packet: N5XMT@KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! ===========================================================