FYI: Here is my local SCSI and IDE disk for comparison (size 104857600 again) -------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 scsi 100 10537 76.3 44958 32.5 108986 44.7 12314 74.6 418500 98.1 22027.8 88.1 -------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 ide 100 13921 89.5 133969 81.1 27470 11.8 14553 87.6 430990 96.8 21952.2 93.3 -------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 nfs 100 4240 25.9 5437 2.1 4780 2.4 19595 100.1 566942 99.7 2023.0 10.1