On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Jiang, Lu <Lu.Jiang@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi DBAs, > > > > Did anyone migrated database from local file system to SAN, is the > performance much better? > > > As Mathias stated, it really depends on what you are going from and to. If the db server has 5 IDE disks in a RAID 5, and you then move the storage to a high end SAN, and your connectivity is via 1Gb ethernet, it will probably be faster on the SAN. You can't make a comparison without details. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist