be aware that a database in a filesystem snaphot looks
EXACTLY like it would if you pulled the electricity from the database server
when Oracle was up and running. You cannot roll forward from such an image.
NetApp documents all this quite well...just be aware that there is no magic
...
Oracle OnDemand, which hosts more than 1000 databases
on netapp filers, uses this snapshot functionality for backup. you are not alone
:)
vasu