On 05/08/2006 05:31:31 PM, Kevin Closson wrote: > > The misconceptions are the most frightening aspect of ASM. > > People are willing to use it and have ZERO idea what it is. > Oddly, I find people fearing things that do not relate whatsoever > (such as the above), but ignoring the bold, glaring issues. > It just bogles my mind. My biggest problem with it is the fact that I cannot backup my data by anything else but RMAN. With all due respect, I don't trust Oracle that much. I want to see files and the space allocation. Black box approach doesn't work very well for me. As a pessimist, I know that a coffin is also a black box. -- Mladen Gogala http://www.mgogala.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l