Dammit!! You almost got me to justify it ... this might be harder than I thought. -- -----Original Message----- Great topic! I have only one question: why do I have to have all those silly directories? I'd like to cram all software under /oramydatabasesoftware and scatter the data across the filesystems named in such a way to deceive the enemy. I'd also like to put all control files and all redo logs on the same disk. Can you, please, explain to me why would that be bad? -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA email:mladeng@xxxxxxxxx Ext: 9787 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------