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On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:22:36 -0700, in sentex.lists.freebsd.current you
wrote:

>
>
>Running a 5.2 supped as of 4/9.
....

>Even directories with 2500 or so files seem really, really, really, =
really slow.
>at least for adding/removing.

What does=20
% sysctl -a | grep dirhash

show ?  Perhaps you dont have enough RAM allocated to the dirhash ?

	---Mike