We are doing a compressed backup of a 200G database in about 2 hours. When we run the duplicate command, we copy the production backup files to the local disks of the target server. We then run the RMAN duplicate command and it takes over 6 hours. Is it reasonable that a restore/duplicate from a compressed backup takes that much longer than the actual backup? Is there anything that can be done to speed up the process? Jeffrey Beckstrom Database Administrator Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113