Does it make any sense to run 4 processes for a rman full database backup when you have configured only 1 default channel? The channel is a disk and the backup files are all going to that same disk. CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 4; # default CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/u01/backup/oracle_sid/bu.d%d.t%t.s%s.p%p' MAXPIECESIZE 1 G; Is this going to run faster or the fact of a single disk will slow it down? thanks. _________________________________________________________________ i’m is proud to present Cause Effect, a series about real people making a difference. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_Cause_Effect