Hello, You can't store the ASM spfile in ASM. Agreed never local, I'm using raw device. jason -- http://jarneil.wordpress.com 2009/6/18 LS Cheng <exriscer@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi > > Usually I stored inside ASM but a couple of times I used raw devices for > that. Never local though (no point) > > Thanks > > -- > LSC > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Ram Raman <veeeraman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Listers, >> >> What do you normally use as the location of ASM's spfile in a RAC >> database. I have to decide between spfiles local to each node vs a shared >> raw device. oracle 10g with ASM. OCR and VD in raw devices, no CFS. >> >> Thanks. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l