Hi, if you like corrupted databases, slow processing (file based db), and some other disadvantages, you should use VSS. We've tested the new "team foundation server" resp. the source code control system and are not convinced that's it good enought. So it was no problem to convince my boss and my team that we should use SUBVERSION (www.tigris.org) and TortoiseSVN. Of course under Linux ;-) but it runs also under Windows, so it's your choice. In my former company we used this combination, too - in a 7 GB repository. With no hassle, no probs, just fast and stable. Best regards Christian

a) Yes, it's really stable. Our repository is around 7 GB big, no problems! b) Maybe ;-) To have an easy way for usage - yes, it's really good. To make scheduled job (e. g. nightly hotcopy for backups and so on) cmd line is the better choice. Note: The slowdown of MS Explorer is extrem in case of "recusrive overlapped symbols". You should turn of this options. Then it's pretty fast c) never used something like that, sorry. BR PolarKreis