RE: ASM Record Deletions

From: Kevin Closson <kevinc_at_polyserve.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:10:58 -0700
Message-ID: <5D2570CAFC98974F9B6A759D1C74BAD0E5A83E@ex2.ms.polyserve.com>

>>>

>>>As a DBA I wouldn't trust some magic tool (be it ASM v 10.0
>>>or SAN box or clever FS) trying to fix application design
>>>and implementation errors. I stick to the rule that any
>>>additional intelligence layer without deterministic behavior
>>>compromises availability of my system.

That is because, by my reckoning, you are smart.

>>>ASM assumes that your design is good (and so does RAC, for
>>>example) but Oracle doesn't mention it much.

Now this one confuses me. ASM keeps track of where blocks are on disk. It is ignorant about content. Why do you pose that is assumes anything ?

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Received on Wed Jun 14 2006 - 17:10:58 CDT