I'm trying to find a best practice paper or info on dealing with ASM in RAC environment and do I need to bump up some of the settings as we add more databases to each node. thanks, joe _______________________________________ Joe Testa, Oracle Certified Professional Senior Consultant Data Engineering and Administration Nationwide Investments (Work) 614-677-1668 (Cell) 614-312-6715 Interested in helping out your marriage? Ask me about "Weekend to Remember" Dec 11-13, 2009 here in Columbus.