Forgot to attach the "go-fast" patch required to reproduce the issue on slow storage: Index: sheepdog/sheep/simple_store.c =================================================================== --- sheepdog.orig/sheep/simple_store.c 2011-12-29 20:10:44.171622413 +0100 +++ sheepdog/sheep/simple_store.c 2012-01-02 16:23:39.759957971 +0100 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern char *obj_path; extern mode_t def_fmode; -static int def_store_flags = O_DSYNC | O_RDWR; +static int def_store_flags = O_RDWR; struct store_driver store; |