Thanks to everyone for all the comments and suggestions. I am relieved to know that this is a situation that requires much thought and planning. I was afraid I was missing something obvious.
Since it appears as if I will have a free hand in configuring the disks, I may be on the gravy train (like Jared). If I am stuck with RAID 5, I will do the OFA thing for documentation purposes. Regardless, I will delve into the Oracle Performance Tuning book this weekend. Thanks again. Dwayne -- Dwayne Cox Corporate Database Administrator Info Tech, Inc. 5700 SW 34th Street, Suite 1235 Gainesville, FL 32608 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 352.381.4521 fax: 352.381.4444 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Dwayne Cox INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).