Re: Oracle on NT: DEC Alpha or Compaq Proliant???
From: Lisa Roderick <roderick_at_eps.enet.dec.com>
Date: 1996/01/09
Message-ID: <4cu6du$iab_at_nntpd.lkg.dec.com>#1/1
Date: 1996/01/09
Message-ID: <4cu6du$iab_at_nntpd.lkg.dec.com>#1/1
In article <DK9rr2.CsJ_at_mv.mv.com>, jonathan_at_mv.mv.com says...
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>Vince Cross <vcross_at_bnr.ca> wrote:
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>> [...] I believe that the Alpha is the only platform that Oracle supports
>> 64K database block sizes on. I think everyone else is limited to 16K. From
>> the sound of you application, you may want the capability of the larger
>> block size.
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>Oracle7 on Digital UNIX does support particularly large blocks, but is
>that also true of Oracle on Windows NT Alpha?
It isn't true. Oracle on Alpha NT is currently is 32-bit. The Big Oracle Blocks capability (up to 64K) is only on Digital UNIX (for now).
-- Lisa Roderick Applications Systems Engineering Performance Group Digital Equipment Corporation Nashua, NH lisa.roderick_at_zko.mts.dec.comReceived on Tue Jan 09 1996 - 00:00:00 CET