So it's being set up as a Virtual Tape Library rather than a SAN... No difference either way really (other than the way the channels get allocated, ie. tape versus disk). The backup/restore times would be greatly improved over traditional tape storage. Rui Amaral Database Administrator ITS - SSG TD Bank Financial Group 220 Bay St., 11th Floor Toronto, ON, CA, M5K1A2 (bb) (647) 204-9106 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Khym Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 11:20 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: EMC Data Deduplication Thanks for the posts, some great information. I am a new posting and replying to the post but have been reading them for at least two years. I hope I am replying to these in the proper manner. >>>> RUI Amaral wrote <<< >>>>Backing up to dedup device is precisely the same as backing up to a san ... EMC Rep told us the dedup device would present itself to RMAN as a 'TAPE' device. Our current ATA SAN disks are 'DISK' devices in RMAN. Any perceived disadvantages to that? Sorry I am not an RMAN guru. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l NOTICE: Confidential message which may be privileged. Unauthorized use/disclosure prohibited. If received in error, go to www.td.com/legal for instructions. AVIS : Message confidentiel dont le contenu peut être privilégié. Utilisation/divulgation interdites sans permission. Si reçu par erreur, allez au www.td.com/francais/avis_juridique pour des instructions. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l