Same directory data, same schema, same indexing. Differences: 2.0.27/ldbm backend vs. 2.1.21 bdb backend Performance on 4000 identical searches is four times slower on the 2.1.21 slapd. db_stat -m is showing 100% pages found in cache. I've read some posts that suggest that 2.1.22 had some performance improvements, so I'll probably try that. Other ideas? Allan