Read Chapter 12 of the Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for 10g. The answer to all of these questions is contained therein. http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/server.101/b10739/storeman .htm#sthref1561 <http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/server.101/b10739/storema n.htm#sthref1561> John Smiley -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of z b Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:54 AM To: Oracle List Subject: Some ASM questions Hello Listers, I am doing a bit of research on ASM and its benfits and drawbacks and was wondering if anyone else has been playing around with ASM. I'd love to have a sandbox to play around and test all these things, but I don't have one available. . . . -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l