Same thing with redologs. Trust me, I know... _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:56 PM To: czeiler@xxxxxxxxxx; oracle_l Cc: Colin Nicholls; Edivin (Lin) Cao Subject: RE: San & single point of failure Duplicates of the controlfile still help to protect you from human errors like "rm *", so I would create at least two of them. Regards, Brandon _____ Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.