I could test a backup of a couple of datafiles to local disk, but I have no way of comparing this to how long it would take to backup to local disk immediately after bouncing the database. What would you be looking for from such a test? --Terry > > No, it's on a SAN. > > Could you reproduce on local disk? > > > Regards > Dimitre > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l