BPEL Installation Best Practises

All,
I have been tasked with installing BPEL in our test and production environments. It looks like there are several architectural options during installation. Specifically, installing a complete standalone BPEL with it's own home or installing in an existing mid-tier home. I've looked for anything outlining the merits of each installation but haven't found anything. Can anyone make any recommendations as to which is a better architecture? Why would I want to install in an existing mid-tier rather than in a separate home?
I've come up with the following list of advantages and disadvantages myself:
Installing in Mid-tier home
Advantages:
One less home to administer, patch
Integrates with OID
Can monitor through OEM
Disadvantages:
Availability of BPEL tied to availability of AS/Portal
Install is a little more complicated
Installing in separate home, separate database
Advantages:
Availability of BPEL not tied to availability of AS/Portal
Don't have to follow combined upgrade path (don't have to be upgraded
together)
Can easily off-load BPEL to separate hardware if ever required
Disadvantages:
More administration, patching, monitoring. etc.
Not integrated with OID
Cannot monitor through OEM (maybe)
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
-Dan

I guess it would help to say that we are currently using Oracle AS 10.1.2.0.2 and BPEL 10.1.2 on RedHat 3.
We will be upgrading to BPEL 10.1.3 sometime in the future.
Thanks,
-Dan

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