BTW, my previous reply applied to both Linux and Windows. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The main thing that is happening is that stuff which used to "belong" in >> the realm of "root" and the Sys Admins are being moved under the realm of >> DBA. So, there is a huge political aspect to the adoption of ASM that often >> overshadows the technical aspect, and this political "shift of power" from >> Sys Admin to DBA can be more of an obstruction than any other aspect of ASM >> adoption. Not sure what things are like in your shop, but that is not a >> trivial concern. >> >> > In addition to the political issues, there may also be matters of > convenience - yours. > > At my previous employer I did not use ASM. > > Whenever that topic came up, fellow DBA's felt obligated to chastise me > and attempt > to convince me to use ASM. Well that just wasn't going to happen at that > shop. > > Why not? I was the only DBA. > > That company has some excellent system administrators, but they do not know > Oracle that well. > > I liked the fact that they could look at storage on the server and monitor > it and see where the space was. > > As the lone DBA, I did not really want to 'own' the storage. > > Had I proposed ASM, I am quite sure the SA manager would have shot it down > when he learned the ramifications for his team, > and with good reason IMO. > > HTH, > > > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com > Home Page: http://jaredstill.com > > > > >