Mladen, The idea is to have a central NFS server for a bucnh of databases on a bunch of servers being backup up with RMAN...this isn't an argument over the virtues of DAS vs NAS. >>> >>>Seagate provides hard drives. Put in more local hard drives. >>>If you can not make RMAN backup to NFS drive, put in a new >>>hard drive and back up to a hard drive. >>> -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l