RE: Automatic Storage Management (ASM) - Survey

1. Do you use ASM? Yes
2. Which OS used it on AIX, SOLARIS, LINUX, Windows
3. Do you use ASM for a single instance? No, mostly because our clients who use single instances don't have a backup client capable of working with rman.
4. Have you ever performed the migration? non-ASM to ASM? Yes
5. Which redundancy option have you used? External and Normal, but mostly external
6. Do you think the Oracle document about ASM is sufficient enough? Sufficient
7. Do you think a seaprate ASM administratore is required to manage ASM instance? No
8. Do you think ASM is very much stable? Yes, most of the time. But you should have a look at http://geertdepaep.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/warning-asm-and-large-amount-of-files-on-solaris/
9. Do you recommend ASM? Yes
10. Do you think managing ASM is very easy? Yes

Regards,

Freek D'Hooge
Uptime
Oracle Database Administrator
email: freek.dhooge_at_uptime.be
tel +32(0)3 451 23 82
http://www.uptime.be
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