We've just begun our first NetApps [9iRAC on Linux] implementation. What I've found in testing so far is a) Writing ArchiveLogs to a NetApps Filer volume seems to be very slow [5min for a 100MB logfile against 30seconds on local disks] Do the ArchiveLog Dest volumes have to be mounted with the same NFS options as the Database Files volumes ? b) Testing recoveries using SNAP CREATE and SNAP RESTORE we find that we frequently encounter a corrupt block in the last ArchiveLog being written to the ArchiveLog Dest volume. Any ideas why ? Backup : BEGIN BACKUP Snap Create Database Files Volume END BACKUP ;; ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT a few times Snap Create ArchiveLog Files Volume Recovery : Snap Restore Database Files Volume Snap Restore ArchiveLog Files Volume RECOVER DATABASE USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE UNTIL CANCEL Hemant K Chitale http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l