Mark writes: > Not sure what specific issues you¹re referring to. If you¹re on 11.2.0.3, > and especially if you¹re using ASM, I would recommend BIGFILE tablespaces > and UNLIMITED maxsize. This way, the tablespaces grow organically, and > you only need to monitor space at the disgroup level. I do that for the > main application tablespaces. For tablespaces that developers dump stuff > into, I set max size, as I do with TEMP and UNDO. > > The problems in the past, with backing up really large files, are lifted > in 11gR2 (maybe in 11gR1 also, I can¹t remember) with the SECTION SIZE > parameter. I had considered going that route, but timetables won't allow me to fully vet out BIGFILES before I'll need these DBs done. "Someday...", he says. :) Thanks! Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l