Build and manage a scalable storage infrastructure with Oracle Automatic Storage ManagementStreamline data management and provisioning using Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) and the detailed information contained in this exclusive Oracle Press resource. Written by a team of database experts, Oracle Automatic Storage Management: Under-the-HoodandPractical Deployment Guide explains how to build and maintain a dynamic, highly available Oracle database storage environment. Inside, you'll learn how to configure storage for Oracle ASM, build disk groups, use data striping and mirroring, and optimize performance. You'll also learn how to ensure consistency across server and storage platforms, maximize data redundancy, and administer Oracle ASM from the command line.

• Manage Oracle ASM Instances and configure Oracle RDBMS instances to leverage Oracle ASM
• Define, discover, and manage disk storage under Oracle ASM
• Create external, normal-redundancy, and high-redundancy disk groups
• Add and remove Oracle ASM storage without affecting RDMS instance availability
• Learn how Oracle ASM provides even I/O distribution
• Work with Oracle ASM directories, files, templates, and aliases
• Improve storage performance and integrity using the ASMLIB API
• Simplify system administration with the Oracle ASM command line interface
• Understand key internal Oracle ASM structures and algorithms

<p><strong>Implement and manage robust storage solutions with Oracle ASM</strong></p><p>This comprehensive resource provides full details on Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Oracle&#39;s integrated file and volume management interface. You will get full details on general operations, administration, best practices, and expert techniques. Oracle DBAs will be able to implement robust storage solutions with help from this useful guide.</p>

Implement and manage robust storage solutions with Oracle ASM This comprehensive resource provides full details on Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Oracle's integrated file and volume management interface. You will get full details on general operations, administration, best practices, and expert techniques. Oracle DBAs will be able to implement robust storage solutions with help from this useful guide.

Nitin Vengurlekar works at Oracle in the Real Application Cluster (RAC) engineering group, with specific emphasis on ASM. Nitin is a popular conference presenter on this topic.

Murali Vallath is an Oracle Certified Database Administrator and is president of the Oracle RAC Special Interest Group.

Rich Long is Director of Development for Automatic Storage Management at Oracle and has managed ASM development since the projects inception.

Storage Stack Overview

ASM Instance

ASM Disks

ASM Disk Groups and Failure Groups

ASM Storage Allocation and Rebalance

ASMLIB Concepts and Overview

ASM Files,Aliases,and Templates

ASM Command Line

The ASM Persistent Data Structures

ASM Operations

ASM- From Discussion to Deployment

Appendix A. ASM and Storage Array Configurations

Appendix B. ASM Implementation Case Studies

Appendix C. ASM Troubleshooting

Appendix D. Scripts and Tips

Appendix E. Reference