Re: Learning ASM and how to work with RAW devices

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:37:47 -0700
Message-ID: <1119569880.343146@yasure>

Mark Bole wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>

>> One of the best technologies Oracle has released in recent years is ASM.
>> And as much as many Oracle DBAs would like to learn ASM, and how to work
>> with RAW devices, they have been stymied by the lack of hardware on
>> which they can learn. That problem has been solved.

>
>
> Several times, already. Except the Apple OS/X piece, that's new -- and
> a welcome addition.

Some reason why I should favor one UNIX vendor over another?

That wouldn't be fair. ;-)

>> Kent Stroker of the Puget Sound Oracle Users Group has released a White
>> Paper available for download from www.psoug.org on how to create virtual
>> RAW devices on a single hard disk. The technique is not unlike, in some
>> respects, the creation of virtual RAW devices on an EMC array.

>
>
> The same information, for the Linux side, is in Metalink note 266028.1.
> If you want to incorporate ASMLib into the picture, see Note 303760.1,
> which otherwise also contains pretty much the same steps.

But not everyone has access to Metalink.

> For Windows, a very nice document showing how to set up ASM using
> logical drives on a single disk was produced by the Oracle Technology
> Solutions Group, Oracle U.K. This document also illustrates test cases
> that exercise ASM functionality. (I have the doc, but can't find the WWW
> link to it anymore -- if there's any interest, I'll contact the authors
> to see about re-posting it somewhere).

Or, with the author's permission please send me a copy.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Thu Jun 23 2005 - 18:37:47 CDT