- ASM is a volume manager and file system.
- ASM operates efficiently in both clustered and nonclustered environments.
- ASM is installed in the Grid Infrastructure home
- Separate from the Oracle Database home.
ASM Key Features and Benefits
- Stripes files rather than logical volumes
- Provides redundancy on a file basis
- Enables online disk reconfiguration and dynamic rebalancing
- Reduces the time significantly to resynchronize a transient failure by tracking changes while disk is offline
- Provides adjustable rebalancing speed
- Is cluster-aware
- Supports reading from mirrored copy instead of primary copy for extended clusters
- Is automatically installed as part of the Grid Infrastructure
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