Hi Bill, In my opinion, it would make more sense to install them locally, so that oracle home availability is not dependent upon SAN reachability(howsoever unlikely). Plus, if by oracle on SAN install, you mean a shared copy of oracle home, in lots of operational circumstances, it would not be wise. If the purpose is simply to have a golden copy /image for any cloning, that can be surely preserved on a SAN. Also, the underlying premise seems to be that the database would always need a SAN. Perhaps it is true in your case, however, you need to double check any of the assumptions. Rajeev On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:30 PM, William Wagman <wjwagman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We are wondering about the pros and cons of installing Oracle on the local > disk versus the SAN. All comments appreciated. > > Thanks. > > Bill Wagman > Univ. of California at Davis > IET Campus Data Center > wjwagman@xxxxxxxxxxx > (530) 754-6208 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l