great thread. In this specific model would the purpose of RMAN backup to make sure you're not backing up corrupt blocks? Kevin Closson Chief Performance Architect - XtremIO EMC ________________________________ From: Keith Moore <kmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx Cc: "Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Backups versus snapshots I agree. They do not want to pay for the backup infrastructure so if that is the final decision by the architecture team, rman backups will not be an option. > Keep snapshots and rman backups. Belt and suspenders. > > Sent from my iPhone > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l