RE: 10g show stoppers

From: Rognes, Sten <Sten.Rognes_at_schwab.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 09:34:26 -0700
Message-ID: <A252B2CDF6D2D4119DAB0002A51326DE20334088@n1028smx.nt.schwab.com>

>> ASM is part of the database kernel - if you want you can run the ASM
>> instance and the DB instance using ASM from the same software home.
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>> I'd think most would want to maintain separate software homes for ASM
and=
>> databases.

>Forgive my obtuseness (it is after all 2 am and I haven't had my first
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>ee yet), but why would you want to do this? All I can see this causing is
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>additional overhead in terms of two sets of software to maintain, install
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>nd so on. I can't see a single benefit to this.

Say you have to apply a patch to fix an ASM specific problem. Having a separate OH for the ASM instance you wouldn't have to test/worry about what impact the ASM patch would have on your database.

Sten

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