I''m having trouble explaining this odd behaviour: align@h001:data/1265241$ touch 0000950137-05-014378.txt touch: cannot touch `0000950137-05-014378.txt'': No such file or directory align@h001:data/1265241$ ls -l ls: 0000950137-05-014378.txt: No such file or directory total 7388 -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 1082394 2004-03-30 14:05 0000770944-04-000004.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 973253 2004-04-02 12:02 0000770944-04-000005.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 259292 2004-04-29 13:16 0000770944-04-000007.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 396376 2004-05-10 13:49 0000770944-04-000010.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 2124564 2005-11-30 13:38 0000950137-05-014370.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 646165 2005-11-30 13:40 0000950137-05-014372.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 19968 2005-12-02 04:50 0000950137-05-014374.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 834964 2005-11-30 13:49 0000950137-05-014375.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 524220 2005-11-30 13:51 0000950137-05-014377.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 650435 2005-12-20 13:34 0000950137-05-015112.txt align@h001:data/1265241$ touch this align@h001:data/1265241$ rm this align@h001:data/1265241$ touch tmp align@h001:data/1265241$ rm tmp align@h001:data/1265241$ pwd /global/botdata/ftp.sec.gov/edgar/data/1265241 align@h001:data/1265241$ ls -l ls: 0000950137-05-014378.txt: No such file or directory total 7388 -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 1082394 2004-03-30 14:05 0000770944-04-000004.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 973253 2004-04-02 12:02 0000770944-04-000005.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 259292 2004-04-29 13:16 0000770944-04-000007.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 396376 2004-05-10 13:49 0000770944-04-000010.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 2124564 2005-11-30 13:38 0000950137-05-014370.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 646165 2005-11-30 13:40 0000950137-05-014372.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 19968 2005-12-02 04:50 0000950137-05-014374.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 834964 2005-11-30 13:49 0000950137-05-014375.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 524220 2005-11-30 13:51 0000950137-05-014377.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 align users 650435 2005-12-20 13:34 0000950137-05-015112.txt align@h001:data/1265241$ touch 0000950137-05-014378.txt touch: cannot touch `0000950137-05-014378.txt'': No such file or directory Using the canned RHEL/AMD64 kernel from the clusterfs site ... it seems the MDS thinks there should be a file 0000950137-05-014378.txt, but there isn''t. According to df, I''m 13% free on blocks and 92% free on inodes on /global. -jwb