Re: Oracle 10g (ASM vs Veritas Clustered FS)

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:24:54 +1100
Message-ID: <41d2f676$0$6540$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

jeff_vosburg_at_aliases.com wrote:
> If price is not an issue, which is a better solution to
> use? Oracle 10g w/Automated Storage Manager or Veritas's
> Enterprise Storage Foundation (with clustered filesystem).
>
> Big disadvantage I see to ASM is that we can only use
> raw volumes & depend entirely on RMAN for backups/restores.

I can't answer your actual question, because I'm not overly familiar with the Veritas option. But 'only using RAW' and 'depending entirely on RMAN for backups/restoress' don't strike me as major drawbacks. Quite the contrary. :-)

Bear in mind that ASM is a good deal more than 'friendly raw'. The data redundancy features alone are worth having in my book.

Regards
HJR Received on Wed Dec 29 2004 - 12:24:54 CST