> > This is definitely a weird interaction, as neither the screensaver nor its > > components actually run on the CentOS machine. I have not checked whether > > any other activities in a vnc session cause similar behaviour. > > Where does the screensaver's data files (eg where are the quotes stored) > live? If on the CentOS machine, then it is simply that the screensaver > is making lots of NFS I/O operations. On the filer. But this retrieval script runs on the RHEL3 box(es).