Re: NT Block Size...How is it reported?

From: Matthias Gresz <GreMa_at_t-online.de>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 08:34:09 +0100
Message-ID: <36873471.4A2DBC65@Privat.Post.DE>

Nuno Souto schrieb:
>
> You don't. The block size in NT (I believe 2K) is immaterial for ORACLE. What
> you got to watch out is that the cluster size of your drive matches the block
> size of your database. In NT, when you format the drive with the Disk
> Administrator, you have the option of choosing a cluster size. Set this to the
> block size you plan to use with your database. Simple, and you'll get more
> efficient I/O.
>

Same thing with RAID. Set slize side = db_block size.

HTH
Matthias
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