I didn't say that RMAN wasn't supported with ASM. Please read my post again. Paul Baumgartel CREDIT SUISSE Information Technology Prime Services Databases Americas One Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 USA Phone 212.538.1143 paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.credit-suisse.com -----Original Message----- From: dtseiler@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:dtseiler@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Seiler Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 4:35 PM To: Baumgartel, Paul Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: ASM - hardware mirroring vs. Oracle mirroring On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Baumgartel, Paul <paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I understand that many people use ASM in conjunction with Symmetrix, etc., > but I don't see how just pooling the storage and presenting it to the > database is worth the effort (and the limitations, as there are certain > operations in, e.g., RMAN, that aren't supported with ASM). What do you mean RMAN isn't supported with ASM? RMAN is the *only* backup solution available when you use ASM. -- Don Seiler http://seilerwerks.wordpress.com ultimate: http://www.mufc.us ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ============================================================================== -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l