Last time I checked, ASM was only mandatory for RAC on Oracle Standard Edition. Has this changed? On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:58 AM, John Hallas < John.Hallas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does RAC have to be on ASM? Not checked the docs fully but I am surprised > you cannot still not use shared filesystems if you wish. I am not > advocating not using ASM but I did not think it was mandatory yet > > John > www.jhdba.wordpress.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Sriram Kumar > Sent: 27 November 2012 10:10 > To: raja.s28@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: ASM question ! > > > RAC has no additional role to play in migrating from file system to ASM. > ASM is mandatory for RAC but not the otherway around. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc is registered in England with number 358949. > The registered office of the company is situated at Gain Lane, Bradford, > West Yorkshire BD3 7DL. This email and any attachments are intended for the > addressee(s) only and may be confidential. > > If you are not the intended recipient, please inform the sender by > replying to the email that you have received in error and then destroy the > email. > If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy or > rely on the email or its attachments in any way. > > This email does not constitute a contract in writing for the purposes of > the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989. > > Our Standard Terms and Conditions of Purchase, as may be amended from time > to time, apply to any contract that we enter into. The current version of > our Standard Terms and Conditions of Purchase is available at: > http://www.morrisons.co.uk/gscop > > Although we have taken steps to ensure the email and its attachments are > virus-free, we cannot guarantee this or accept any responsibility, > and it is the responsibility of recipients to carry out their own virus > checks. > ______________________________________________________________________ > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l