I certainly don't want to start any flame wars about choosing between ext3 of XFS. One reason I was thinking of using XFS was because recently when I set up an ext3 system, during the setup a note popped up that an fsck would be forced on the file system after 180 days. Having to take down a crucial resource for a long period to do an fsck on 2TB of ext3 file system every 1/2 year is certainly unattractive! I know there are ways to change this default using tune2fs but I am uncertain what the implications of doing so are. My previous experience with AFS file servers has been with AIX3.x - AIX4.x and Solaris 9 and I essentially turned the systems on and left them alone for years (literally - they went down whenever the building power failed for some reason or other). I am hoping that XFS would have similar characteristics. -- Bob Barton <[log in to unmask]> Local Area Administrator (780) 492-5160 7-095 ECERF Chemical & Materials Engineering University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2V4