Even if he WEREN'T an old friend from way back, I would still be recommending Curtis' books as a fine starting point: Backup & Recovery http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596102463/index.html Using SANs and NAS http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sansnas/index.html HTH rob _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu