On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:57:51 -0400, Ketema Harris <ketema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > performance from the db. I also would hopefully then not have to do > periodic backups from the db server to some other type of storage. Is this > not a good idea? How bad of a performance hit are we talking about? Also, You always need to do backups if you care about your data. What if someone accidental deletes a lot of data? What if someone blows up your data center (or there is a flood)?