Re: ASM or not to ASM

From: Aaron Leonard <aachleon_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:55:53 -0500
Message-ID: <CAA8+g+QFjiQN_BiTEiJ=xdYF1HHPZ98+ac_JvHiHZz9Z5GDFfQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

I think the key to situations such as Jared's was the "excellent system administrators" comment. I've also had situations that were the opposite of that. In the case where I deal with system/storage admins of a more junior level, I certainly prefer to have as much control over storage as possible, so ASM can be a good choice for that.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Tim Gorman <tim_at_evdbt.com> wrote:
>
>> The main thing that is happening is that stuff which used to "belong" in
>> the realm of "root" and the Sys Admins are being moved under the realm of
>> DBA. So, there is a huge political aspect to the adoption of ASM that often
>> overshadows the technical aspect, and this political "shift of power" from
>> Sys Admin to DBA can be more of an obstruction than any other aspect of ASM
>> adoption. Not sure what things are like in your shop, but that is not a
>> trivial concern.
>>
>>
> In addition to the political issues, there may also be matters of
> convenience - yours.
>
> At my previous employer I did not use ASM.
>
> Whenever that topic came up, fellow DBA's felt obligated to chastise me and
> attempt
> to convince me to use ASM. Well that just wasn't going to happen at that
> shop.
>
> Why not? I was the only DBA.
>
> That company has some excellent system administrators, but they do not know
> Oracle that well.
>
> I liked the fact that they could look at storage on the server and monitor
> it and see where the space was.
>
> As the lone DBA, I did not really want to 'own' the storage.
>
> Had I proposed ASM, I am quite sure the SA manager would have shot it down
> when he learned the ramifications for his team,
> and with good reason IMO.
>
> HTH,
>
>
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com
> Home Page: http://jaredstill.com
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