Re: db_block_size and performance

From: M. Bhatti <mohammed.bhatti_at_mci.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 12:29:44 -0500
Message-ID: <36408F07.A51A4F83@mci.com>

Chuck Hamilton wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Nov 1998 22:36:53 GMT, swpatter_at_wwa.com (Scott Patterson)
> wrote:
>
> >What would be the OS blosck size for Windows NT 4.0 sp3?
> >
>
> That would be whatever block size the OS uses to store it's files. I'm
>
> not sure what sp3 means. I'm more familiar with Unix than NT.
> --
> Chuck Hamilton
> chuckh_at_safeaccess.net
>
> If at first you don't succeed, sky diving isn't for you.

I'm not sure about the block size on NT (I believe it to be 512 bytes). I've installed quite a few Oracle7 on NT 4 with service pack 3 (sp3) with the default block size of 2048 (which is the deafult in Ora docs for NT).

Any NT experts care to correct me, please do.

mkb Received on Wed Nov 04 1998 - 11:29:44 CST