Re: 10g ASM is junk ...

Domenic wrote:

> I've been looking over ASM in 10g. Am I the only one who thinks ASM
> is a piece of junk? It looks like software-based RAID, and you need
> to take on the overhead of an ASM instance. How can this possibly be
> faster or better than striping/mirroring at the operating system
> level?
>
> I can't understand why Oracle would waste so much time and money on a
> feature that is better handled at the OS level (and easier too). So
> if the ASM instance fails -- BANG, the other instances can't see the
> disks anymore? I don't think anyone in their right mind would use
> this.
>
> Just my 2 cents ..
>
> Dom.

I am with Howard 100% on his response.

That you would equate ASM with software-based RAID shows a near complete misunderstanding of what has been created.

I think the folks at Veritas should be very afraid.

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