Was the filesystem backup created from the same server, ie was the same private network involved? IIRC, there is an rman parameter ( I don't have its name in my knowledge cache right now) that allow you to write to a fake device, e.g. /dev/null. If you perform a test using this parameter you can determine whether it is still slow. Best regards, Carel-Jan Engel === If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) === On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 13:48 +0100, Naqi Mirza wrote: > > There is a private network between the server and the tape library for > backups. The tape library is an LTO3 with 3 drives available for the > backup - each operating at 60mb/s. > > rgds > > Naqi