But be careful -- see ML Note 601591.1 " The Block device discovery has been available by mistake in previous versions due to a bug and shouldn't be available on other platforms than Linux." That got changed in 10.2.0.4 on most unix platforms. You never know - it caught me off guard too :) Stefan ** On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Vladimir Barac <vbarac@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Block devices are supported from 10.2.0.2 - at least in Linux. > > We have 10.2.0.4 on ASM with block devices - works without any problem so > far. > > ________________________________ > > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Bobak, Mark > Sent: Fri 8/8/2008 6:55 PM > To: Bobak, Mark; greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L Freelists > Subject: RE: 12G Desupport for Raw Devices > > > > And I forgot the second part of my posting.....so, as people move from RAW > to ASM, they're still going to use RAW volumes to allocate storage to ASM, > right? Seems to me it would be pretty silly to put filesystems on all your > storage, just so you can hand it over to ASM. > > So, seems to me, Oracle will still deal w/ raw, albeit perhaps only through > the ASM path....? > > -Mark > > -- > Mark J. Bobak > Senior Database Administrator, System & Product Technologies > ProQuest > 789 E. Eisenhower, Parkway, P.O. Box 1346 > Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 > +1.734.997.4059 or +1.800.521.0600 x 4059 > mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx > www.proquest.com > www.csa.com > > ProQuest...Start here. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Bobak, Mark > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 11:50 AM > To: greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L Freelists > Subject: RE: 12G Desupport for Raw Devices > > We were historically a shop that used raw, almost everywhere, going back to > at least 7.0 days. We have begun moving towards ASM, as we move to 10g/11g, > but we still have much raw, mostly on 9iR2 databases, and even a couple of > 8.1.7 stragglers..... > > > -Mark > > -- > Mark J. Bobak > Senior Database Administrator, System & Product Technologies > ProQuest > 789 E. Eisenhower, Parkway, P.O. Box 1346 > Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 > +1.734.997.4059 or +1.800.521.0600 x 4059 > mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx > www.proquest.com > www.csa.com > > ProQuest...Start here. > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Greg Rahn > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 5:14 AM > To: ORACLE-L Freelists > Subject: Re: 12G Desupport for Raw Devices > > Generally before something is deprecated, an alternative is > introduced. My guess is that 11gR2 will provide something. > > Do many people use raw devices for data files? e.g. data file is > actually a raw volume > Most of the customers that I have worked with have moved from raw to ASM. > > > -- > Regards, > Greg Rahn > http://structureddata.org <http://structureddata.org/> > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the External Email Security System. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail message and any attachments to it are for the sole use of the > intended recipients and may contain confidential and privileged information. > This e-mail message and any attachments are the property of Yusuf A. > Alghanim & Sons w.l.l. or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates ("Alghanim > Industries"). Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution of > this e-mail message or its attachments is prohibited. Any opinions > expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily > reflect the opinion of Alghanim Industries. If you are not an intended > recipient, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies > of the original message and any attachments. > ______________________________________________________________________ > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- ========================= Stefan P Knecht Senior Consultant Infrastructure Managed Services Trivadis AG Europa-Strasse 5 CH-8152 Glattbrugg Phone +41-44-808 70 20 Fax +41-808 70 12 Mobile +41-79-571 36 27 stefan.knecht@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.trivadis.com OCP 9i/10g SCSA SCNA =========================