Re: Oracle-Managed Files - your views

  • From: Tony Sequeira <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:46:54 +0000

Hi,

The current database on the Solaris server uses ASM.

The new server will not be using ASM.

Regards.

Peter Hitchman wrote:
> Hi.
> Given that you are using ASM then I see no reason to not use OMF, it
> makes it  a lot easier if you just let Oracle do the management. When
> you drop a tablespace, it removes the data files for you. The only
> reason I would not use OMF would in fact be if the system were not
> using ASM, because then to spread the datafiles across disk you have
> to change the location where the database will put them.
>
> Regards
>
> Pete
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:32 PM, D'Hooge Freek <Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Well, I'm using it for several databases at customer sites and I
>     must say I like it.
>     It makes the administration easier and gives less chance for
>     errors. I especially like it for dataguard environments (no more
>     *name_convert parameters).
>
>     The database files are all placed on a san, so there is also no
>     real reason to spread out the datafiles over various filesystems.
>
>     As the current environment is using ASM, you are in fact already
>     using OMF. So, the only difference in administration would be that
>     you can now see your datafiles on the filesystem.
>
>
>     regards,
>
>     Freek D'Hooge
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>     Subject: Oracle-Managed Files - your views
>
>     Hi group,
>
>     I have to move a 10g (10.2.0.3) application off a Solaris 10 machine
>     (using ASM) to a Windows 2003 server (don't ask).
>
>     The required application is only one smallish schema, so I'm going to
>     pre-create a database (10.2.0.4) and use export/import.
>
>     I'm thinking of using OMF.  Does anyone here have any views on
>     OMF.  My
>     research has come up with the following:
>
>     Primary advantage seems to be management (no need to specify file
>     names/locations...)
>
>     The list of disadvantages I have found are all dismissable for this
>     particular application.
>
>     File System only     - I'm OK with that
>     Naming Standards - No issue for this database
>     Tuning                     - Again no issue for this database.
>
>     Regards.
>
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>
>
> -- 
> Regards
>
> Pete


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