RE: os block size versus oracle bock size

Hi All,

Oracle uses direct I/O on W2K so the O/S block size is an irrelevance.

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hi all

we have an oracle block size of 8k and i believe our W2K server has a default
os block size of 4k.
Is this a problem with the performance ?

thanks

g.g. kor
rdw ict groningen

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