10g RAC remote monitoring

IF I plan to offer one of my clients remote Dba services for 10g RAC- Standard Edition....do you necessarily have to use ASM to do so or is that just the Oracle push and I can actually use other file systems like Linux ext3, etc?
And if I have to use ASM how hard should it be for my Dba's to train themselves on it?
any help is appreciated.

You are required by the Standard Edition License to use ASM with SE RAC (I am unsure of the license requriements wtih Standard Edition One).
ASM is very easy to learn, use, and mangage. Your DBAs should have no problem picking it up. Check out the following links for information on ASM.
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14231/storeman.htm#i1021337
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/rac.102/b14197/storage.htm#CHDGBIFG
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14196/install.htm#sthref94

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