Re: ASM is single point of failure ?

On 05/08/2006 05:31:31 PM, Kevin Closson wrote:

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> The misconceptions are the most frightening aspect of ASM.
>
> People are willing to use it and have ZERO idea what it is.
> Oddly, I find people fearing things that do not relate whatsoever
> (such as the above), but ignoring the bold, glaring issues.
> It just bogles my mind.

My biggest problem with it is the fact that I cannot backup my data by anything else but RMAN. With all due respect, I don't trust Oracle that much. I want to see files and the space allocation. Black box approach doesn't work very well for me. As a pessimist, I know that a coffin is also a black box.

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Mladen Gogala
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