On 2006-03-30, Mladen Gogala <gogala_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:25:40 -0800, Karma wrote:
>
>> We are locked into AIX, so Linux is out of the question for now anyway.
>> I suppose the benefits of using ASM are not that big of a deal to the
>> DBA?
>> I/O is spread across all disks to help eliminate hot spot
>> Automatic distribution of storage amongst a disk group
>> Lower cost in my case
>> Oracle seems to want to move in this direction
>
> You are asking wrong questions. To decide whether to use ASM or not, you
> should ask yourself whether it is possible to access data structures
> within ASM with other means or just by oracle. Can you use tar on ASM
> files or not? ASM is just a volume manager. Compare it with the native
> volume managers for EMC and AIX and decide which one is a better fit for
> your needs.
>
If you have an interest in treating your databases like
simple collections of files that you can tar up and drop down
anywhere in your environment, ASM is probably not for you. Using
ASM it seems will commit you to using it throughout your
environment (dev, test, etc).
--
Sure, I could use iTunes even under Linux. However, I have |||
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want to play nicely with everyone else's data (namely mine). I'd
rather create a DVD using those Linux apps we're told don't exist.
Received on Thu Mar 30 2006 - 08:16:46 CST
