I guess it could be if you were to mount your file systems beneath ORADATA. But, um, I don't think that's the effect they're going for. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Nullius in verba Hotsos Symposium 2007 / March 4-8 / Dallas Visit www.hotsos.com for curriculum and schedule details... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hemant K Chitale Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:38 AM To: Paul.Vincent@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Inheriting a "interesting" recovery process I don't understand how putting ORADATA under ORACLE_BASE is "Flexible" in any way. Hemant At 09:56 PM Tuesday, Paul Vincent wrote: >Well, let's see... > >Oracle Database Installation Guide, 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Microsoft >Windows (32-Bit) B14316-02. Appendix C, Optimal Flexible Architecture. >Page C-5, in the section "OFA Directory Naming Conventions": > >"ORADATA Directory > >Database files are stored in ORACLE_BASE\oradata\DB_NAME. Names and >brief descriptions are: Hemant K Chitale http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l