Also seeing 2 x quad-core system slower that 2 x dual core

[Pete French]

> Have you checked that your dir hash isn't suffering due to lack of memory
> this can have a marked impact on seemingly trivial things like this as
> could silly things like the RAID card being installed in a different slot.

RAID card is onboard on these things - how would I check the dir hash ? The
slower server has 16 gig of RAM, the faster one has 4 gig. Both were
installed the same way in the same order, so should have the same disc layout
more or less.

-pete.