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why five (blocks)?

From: Tanel Poder <change_to_my_first_name_at_integrid.info>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:07:25 +0300
Message-ID: <3f488e5f$1_1@news.estpak.ee>


Hi!

I've always wondered why the minimum number of blocks in an extent was rounded to nearest higher multiple of 5 oracle blocks in earlier server versions?
Nowadays this isn't an issue anymore, but I'm just wondering where does this magic number 5 come from?

Tanel. Received on Sun Aug 24 2003 - 05:07:25 CDT

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