Just copy from *ASM Technical Best Practices [ID 265633.1]* >To reduce the complexity of managing ASM and its diskgroups, Oracle recommends that generally no >more than two diskgroups be maintained and managed per RAC cluster or single ASM instance But keep in mind, to avoid single point failure, one diskgroup should contain at least 2 failure group stored in separate storage box. -- Kamus <kamusis@xxxxxxxxx> Visit my blog for more : http://www.dbform.com Join ACOUG: http://www.acoug.org On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Jeremy Schneider < jeremy.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mike Killough wrote: > > 1) Multiple databases on 1 RAC. > > Hmmm... seems that all this new 11.2 policy-managed stuff is quite useless > if you only have one database on a RAC. So I think it's safe to say that > Oracle is moving in the direction of multiple databases per cluster. > > > 2) Multiple databases sharing the same ASM disk groups. > > No deep thoughts here, though I would point out that multiple DGs is like > having lots of tablespaces... without autoextend... better control, but lots > more planning and management work. But sometimes a good idea. > > > > -- http://www.ardentperf.com > +1 312-725-9249 > > Jeremy Schneider > Chicago > >