Quoting Sandeep Dubey <dubey.sandeep@xxxxxxxxx>: > 1. Create different schemas for different clients. > 2. Create different instances for each clients. > 3. Create VPD aka RLS in one single instance and single schema. > > Expected database size over 2 years for each client will be 400 GB, > with largest table size reaching up to 40 to 60 million rows. We will > be using xmltype in 3-4 tables. > > Has anyone gone through such scenario and can tell their reason for > selecting their option? > More or less same sizes here. We use multiple schemas, each application (global area) using its own. There is a global schema visible to everything else where we keep company-wide info (lookup tables, config tables, that sort of stuff). Recently we had to separate one of the areas into its own box: too much load on the original system. Piece of cake: export schema, import into new db, create MVs for the global schema tables, fix up grants and synonyms and away it went, purring like a contented cat. Highly recommended. Cheers Nuno Souto from gorgeous Spring in Sydney -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l