Sorry but things clear a bit now ;-) i ran out of inodes on the filesystem, which is used by the arkeia database. It would be nice if the kernel loggs this condition a bit more clearly ;-) So i guess this time this "bug" is not the same seen corrupting files a few month before. mfg -- Jens-Uwe Katolla katolla@otris.de otris software AG http://www.otris.de Landgrafenstr. 153 Fon +49 (0)231 95 80 69 -0 D-44139 Dortmund Fax +49 (0)231 95 80 69 -44