Re: Identifying host OS block size (HP/UX)

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 19:13:21 +0100
Message-ID: <932753955.9074.0.nnrp-01.9e984b29@news.demon.co.uk>

8K block size (the 1K is the fragment size).

It is possible, if you want a 4K database block size to rebuild the file system itself at 4K blocksizes.

Jonathan Lewis
Yet another Oracle-related web site: www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk

Kelly Foster wrote in message <37989DF8.A3E2C955_at_Gunter.af.mil>...
>Documentation refers to setting a database block size as a multiple of
>the host
>operating system block size. My SA showed me the results of a fstype -v
>command which was (in part):
>
>#fstyp -v /dev/dsk/c1t3d0
>hfs
>f_bsize: 8192
>f_frsize: 1024
>
>In planning a (or revamping current) database block size... Should I
>consider the
>OS block size to be 8K or 1K?
>
>Thanks,
>Kelly L. Foster
>kelly.foster_at_Gunter.af.mil
>
Received on Fri Jul 23 1999 - 13:13:21 CDT