Re: 12i Apps on Rac - ASM or OCSF

Kathy

We use Oracle 10g R2 on 11.5.10.2 using ASM on SAN. I assume your question related to DB tier, since for apps file system OCFS is not supported.

We dont use ASMLIB rather use raw devices directly. There is no additional administration overhead/ complexity because of SAN. You also have asmcmd to do some administration tasks at file level.

So far I havent had any issues except for one bug i found in the DB cloning template when using ASM. If you are hosting multiple instances in the single diskgroup, the cloning template does not create unique control files, thereby overwriting existing control files.

Thanks
Suresh

On 9/13/07, kathy duret <katpopins21_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> We are going through this debate right now.
>
> Our 12i Oracle Apps will be Oracle 10.2 on Linux Oracle Unbreakable, Dell
> hardware. EMC San Storage.
>
> Dell is pushing OCSF and Oracle is pushing ASM
>
> I have heard there are issues with ASM on Oracle Apps, others say that is
> old news.
>
> Anyone out there using OCSF or ASM on Oracle Apps in a Rac environment
> care to toss in there hat and let me know the dirt?
>
> I here ASM is a bit more complex especially on a SAN environment and you
> get better performance. But I heard there are bugs with Oracle Apps / Rac
> and you are less able
> to troubleshoot issues without Oracle Support.
>
> Anyone with any real experiences, both pro and con?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Kathy
>
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