On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Little bit confused. If using RMAN to do a backup to disk, do you need a > large pool configured. I have one configured and was monitoring free space > in the pool during an RMAN backup and it did not appear as if the pool was > being used. > > > In addition, RMAN buffers will be allocated from the LARGE_POOL if BACKUP_TAPE_IO_SLAVES are used. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14191/rcmtunin.htm#sthref788 Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist