The 'eight million record file' was actually the record count in the tag index being overlaid with blanks; I saw one of those files some time ago and questioned some people there about it (to get that answer). I too have questioned that link for quite some time now... its just not 'right' for some reason. If you do a chained query (I have a 'TNODE EXEC' which does a 'CMD node Q linkname F' in succession along a path) through there, OHSTVMA replies slowly, while any queries BEYOND it take forever. I can do a 'CPQ USER' at OHSTVMA and get a response in a few seconds; but the same command to PSUVM (or anything beyond) takes anywhere from 5 seconds to just disappearing into the bit bucket. Something just isn't "right".