Re: asm disks
From: Mike Hayes <funrx1_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 07:06:55 -0500
Message-ID: <CAJOXhwTHVbFJ9WMvUP-A5xmRi8aig43oRi02XoWn95_0UNmOsA_at_mail.gmail.com>
11.2.0.2.
On Feb 4, 2013 3:37 PM, "Mike Hayes" <funrx1_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't done anything with ASM disks. Had a consultant come in to do an
> install on a physical server with it's own set of disks. He was all about
> that ASM was the way to go and to not use hardware raid and just let ASM do
> everything for you was best practice. Now I start reading the Storage
> Administrators guide and come across the following in chapter 2:
>
> Logical unit numbers (LUNs)—Using hardware RAID functionality to create
> LUNs is a recommended approach. Storage hardware RAID 0+1 or RAID5, and
> other RAID configurations, can be provided to ASM as ASM disks.
>
> It seems to me we have just gone against best practice. For those who have
> experience with ASM do you use hardware raid or not?
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 07:06:55 -0500
Message-ID: <CAJOXhwTHVbFJ9WMvUP-A5xmRi8aig43oRi02XoWn95_0UNmOsA_at_mail.gmail.com>
11.2.0.2.
On Feb 4, 2013 3:37 PM, "Mike Hayes" <funrx1_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't done anything with ASM disks. Had a consultant come in to do an
> install on a physical server with it's own set of disks. He was all about
> that ASM was the way to go and to not use hardware raid and just let ASM do
> everything for you was best practice. Now I start reading the Storage
> Administrators guide and come across the following in chapter 2:
>
> Logical unit numbers (LUNs)—Using hardware RAID functionality to create
> LUNs is a recommended approach. Storage hardware RAID 0+1 or RAID5, and
> other RAID configurations, can be provided to ASM as ASM disks.
>
> It seems to me we have just gone against best practice. For those who have
> experience with ASM do you use hardware raid or not?
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
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