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When I lasted look ReiserFS was best for small files because it packed them in efficiently, and managed really large folders efficiently. Although it likely depended on read/write mix, although with enough RAM and normal access patterns, write performance usually dominates. However file system is rarely dominant in IO performance. Sure if everything is perfect, then file system can make a slight difference, but they tend to all try and optimize the common cases. But if you don't have "noatime", and don't need it, and do a lot of reading.... If you don't have enough RAM to avoid unneeded reads. If you don't have the write semantics correct, then fiddling with file system is going to make hideous inefficient systems marginally less inefficient. Doubling the spindles is usually cheap and can be effective. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq