I have had experience of SAN failure because both of the SPs failed (not hardware failure but software failure), and the SAN vendor said it's because of the flxxx code and hba drivers are not up-to-date. > The SAN's I have experience with have all that - dual HBA's, multipath,. > etc. > > They are still subject to failure and human error. > > As usual, human error is the biggie. > > > > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l