Hi, If I got the question right - ASM will issue two write requests to separate controllers/ports your arrays are connected to. It's same as any other software based LVS - no tricks there. 2 mirrors 2 write requests. Starting with 11g you can define preferred mirror for read requests if I remember correctly. --romas On 2/19/08, LS Cheng <exriscer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi > > Does anyone know how ASM does host based mirroring. For example we have > two storage arrays with 10 metres distance, two failure groups are created, > one per array. How does ASM mirror the extents? Network? Using the Cluster > Interconnect? Or a seperate Network? > > Cheers > > -- > LSC > >