Hell all: I recently was curious about my drive performance so I installed and ran bonnie++. Do the numbers below look pretty decent or no? jrn@falcon:~/bonnie++-1.03a> bonnie++ -s 2016 Writing with putc()...done Writing intelligently...done Rewriting...done Reading with getc()...done Reading intelligently...done start 'em...done...done...done... Create files in sequential order...done. Stat files in sequential order...done. Delete files in sequential order...done. Create files in random order...done. Stat files in random order...done. Delete files in random order...done. Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP falcon 2016M 14273 93 94205 61 31881 11 15881 90 65077 12 442.4 1 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 16 14027 97 +++++ +++ 15264 97 17292 97 +++++ +++ 14140 94 falcon,2016M,14273,93,94205,61,31881,11,15881,90,65077,12,442.4,1,16,14027,97,+++++,+++,15264,97,17292,97,+++++,+++,14140,94 Thanks, Jim