Re: Maximum db_block size
Date: 1996/06/04
Message-ID: <4p1799$2rlk_at_mule2.mindspring.com>#1/1
With 7.3 you can go up to 16K. With DEC unix (64 bit) you can do 32K. Those are the limits. You would prefer to use large blocks sizes on databases which do lots of sequential I/O and bulk loading. For high transaction systems, block sizes of 4K or 8K are more effective.
Ayokunle Giwa <akgiwa_at_cnct.com> wrote:
>Hi,I would appreciate help clarifying this issue for me Ive read
>conflicting text regarding what is the absolute maximum db_block size
>allowed in Oracle and when is it advisable to go beyond the basic 2k or 4k
>Also is there a maximum number of blocks for a database
>
> Thanx
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Received on Tue Jun 04 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST