Hello All: I have been seeing these messages in our syslogs: Lustre MDS: 1.6.4.3 with kernel 2.6.22 Clients: lustre: 1.6.6 kernel: patchless build: 1.6.6-19691231190000-PRISTINE-.usr.src.linux-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 <snip> Mar 20 07:15:46 OSS07 kernel: [32288.746536] LustreError: 7960:0:(client.c:521:ptlrpc_import_delay_req()) @@@ IMP_INVALID req at ffff8103efcb8c00 x9653/t0 o101->MGS at MGC141.128.90.150@tcp_0:26 lens 232/240 ref 1 fl Rpc:/0/0 rc 0/0 Mar 20 07:15:46 OOS07 kernel: [32288.746619] LustreError: 7960:0:(client.c:521:ptlrpc_import_delay_req()) Skipped 59 previous similar messages </snip> <snip> Mar 20 07:16:08 OOS08 kernel: [32299.414079] LustreError: 7899:0:(client.c:521:ptlrpc_import_delay_req()) @@@ IMP_INVALID req at ffff810415beb600 x120658/t0 o101->MGS at MGC141.128.90.150@tcp_0:26 lens 232/240 ref 1 fl Rpc:/0/0 rc 0/0 Mar 20 07:16:08 OOS08 kernel: [32299.414163] LustreError: 7899:0:(client.c:521:ptlrpc_import_delay_req()) Skipped 59 previous similar messages Mar 20 07:16:18 OOS07 kernel: [32320.441260] LustreError: 137-5: UUID ''lfs001-OST0001_UUID'' is not available for connect (no target) Mar 20 07:16:18 OOS07 kernel: [32320.441322] LustreError: Skipped 99 previous similar messages Mar 20 07:16:18 OOS07 kernel: [32320.441358] LustreError: 7565:0:(ldlm_lib.c:1444:target_send_reply_msg()) @@@ processing error (-19) req at ffff810406339c50 x2131838/t0 o8-><?>@<?>:-1 lens 304/0 ref 0 fl Interpret:/0/0 rc -19/0 Mar 20 07:16:18 OOS07 kernel: [32320.441434] LustreError: 7565:0:(ldlm_lib.c:1444:target_send_reply_msg()) Skipped 99 previous similar messages </snip> I am wondering if its due to the statahead problem clients : cat /proc/fs/lustre/llite/*/statahead_max 32 32 Would disabling statahead fix this problem ?