> Just to add my two cents we were using Shadow copies for HARDWARE
> failure only, but the shadow copy was being done on another array and
> one day that array failed. When the Shadow was unavailable, I had to
> drop the shadow from my databases because all transactions STOPPED. Now
> I rely on replication and regular backups. The Shadow caused me grief.
>

I agree - I used shadow feature for a while back in version 4 days and
stopped using it because of these reasons.
Alan