Hi, In my experience you need to use more channels, although I admit to usually backing up to tape using a solution such as TSM or Netbackup, to get the runtime of the backup down. Regards Pete On Jan 17, 2008 9:50 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jan 17, 2008 10:56 AM, <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Only one response? > > > > I would try the level 0 without compression. > > 1 backup channel and CPU utilization is high. > > Not a good combination for compressing a hot backup. > > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > -- Regards Pete