> > Hm, is ext3 slower if used on server? In that case, anyone checked why? > Compared to ext2 I mean. Or var your mail just difficult to parse? :-) Parsing help: On server: ext3 slower than xfs. On client: ext3 slower than ext2 I have not compared ext2 with xfs. I would not use ext2 on server for obvious reasons, but it would probably be faster than ext3. Harald.