Yes it can. Use lock_nolock as your locking protocol. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Gary Romo <<a href="mailto:garromo@us.ibm.com">garromo@us.ibm.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div> Can GFS be used on a stand alone server without RHCS running? Any pro's or con's to this type of setup? Thanks. -Gary Romo </div> -- Linux-cluster mailing list <a href="mailto:Linux-cluster@redhat.com">Linux-cluster@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster</a> </blockquote></div>