ASM vs Hardware RAID vs ASM + Hardware RAID

From: Ray Feighery <rjfeighery_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:54:15 +1100
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Red Hat 4.0 x86_64
HP DL 585 G2
Oracle EE 10.2.0.4

Looking for experiences of using ASM vs Hardware RAID. Currently have a database running on internal filesystem disks (no ASM, just standard ext3). The database is outgrowing the internal disks, so the next step is to attach an external array.

Can anyone recommend a good strategy?
Options under consideration:

1) Array with raw disks attached and ASM
2) Array with hardware raid and filesystem (no ASM)
3) Some combination of hardware raid and ASM

Also we're looking at the HP range of storage (MSA and EVA). Any recommendations or warnings about those would be good too. The storage will be dedicated to the database and flash recovery area.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

Ray

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