> From: "Luca Canali" <Luca.Canali@xxxxxxx> > 2. I have only used RMAN compression in a test environment and I was not > happy with it. It was using a lot of CPU with the result that the backup Luca, Try allocating multiple channels when you do compressed backup to disk (unless your server has only one CPU). It should improve performance dramatically. Yong Huang ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l