All, Within Rman, I can : CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 2; Does anyone know what this does? The docs only mention setting this for tape. I am hoping that I can spin up several rman backup processes at once to speed up a disk backup. any thoughts would be appreciated - thanks! Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------