I am looking for notes / experiences / suggestions about using [or NOT using] NetApp Filers for a DataWarehouse [Oracle 9i]. Two areas of concern I have are : 1. Snapshot areas -- ie, the %age of blocks reserved in a volume to facilitate snapshots. In a DWH, a very large [probably 100 to 150%] portion of the database blocks could be updated in a day. How do we size space for Snapshots ? Would frequent Snapshots help ? 2. WAFL and "block-redirection" -- if the Filer actually writes each block seperately on updates, what the Database might see as "contigous" blocks in an extent where the rows of the table have been deleted and reloaded [ie all or almost all of the blocks have been affected], might very well be randomly distributed across the disks. How would multiblock reads fare ? Hemant K Chitale Oracle 9i Database Administrator Certified Professional http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------