Hi Howard Thank you very much i appreciate the quick response. regards --- On Fri, 15/1/10, Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: db_recovery_dest pointing to 100Tb file system To: hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, 15 January, 2010, 14:47 Shortest Reply ever! 1 is best because you know always know where it is going and no config changes will be required. - The only only downside is if the recovery area goes off line. If you only have 1 then you have a singe point of failure - bit of a no no.But I if you have space on your server for a temporary area in case of failure then I would still go for 1 Very big recovery area. 2010/1/15 Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx> 1 2010/1/15 hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> Hi I have a 25TB database for which i need to configure a recoery area. is it advisable to configure a single filesystem of 100Tb as recovery area or configure 5-8 filesystems adding to 100Tb . -- Howard A. Latham -- Howard A. Latham