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Re: Different blocks sizes in an 9i database

From: Pete Sharman <peter.sharman_at_oracle.com>
Date: 1 Jul 2002 09:39:46 -0700
Message-ID: <afq0ki02hbr@drn.newsguy.com>


In article <55a68b47.0206301312.32132fe0_at_posting.google.com>, ydias_at_hotmail.com says...
>
>Hi,
>
>Is there a problem of having an 9i VLDB (about 2 T) with a block size
>of 8K for a tablespace system and temp, and 16k for the other
>tablespaces.
>
>Have I to rebuid the db with all the tablespaces with the same block
>size. I've heard about a performance problem with different block
>sizes, but I can't find any information on metalink.
>
>Thank you

None that I'm aware of, so no need to rebuild. WHether it makes sense to use the different block sizes is another issue (see my recent reply to Don Burleson on this).

HTH. Additions and corrections welcome.

Pete

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