On 04/21/2006 04:48:59 PM, Goulet, Dick wrote: > Humm, 750GB at 7200 RPM? Damn good target disks for Rman. > Battle against large and cheap disks is lost in advance. That sounds just like "battle for 8 cylinders". With $3/gallon, me thinks not. We cannot do much about cheap disks, but there is this little thingy called DBD::Oracle that Pythian is maintaining and that Pythian can do something about.... All my beef with DBD::Oracle is listed here: http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_dbi_interface1.htm -- Mladen Gogala http://www.mgogala.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l