Re: ASM on directory?

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 20:59:21 +0800
Message-ID: <41E913A9.5ADF@yahoo.com>

ibm_97_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> Oracle 10g. Is there a way to use ASM on just directories instead of
> the entire disk?
>
> Thanks!

If you're looking for just testing, you can use ASM on plain old files (under Linux).

Just create a (say) 500m file and point ASM to use it.

I think there's a parameter you need to set to allow ASM to do this, but I can't remember it off hand.

hth
connor

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