Return-path: Envelope-to: oracle-l@orafaq.net Delivery-date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:56:03 +0800 Received: from newsfeed.cts.com ([209.68.248.164]) by jean.onefuse.com with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17tTgx-0003Yj-00 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:56:03 +0800 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id GAA50669; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 06:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 004D671B; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 06:13:41 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 06:13:41 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: DENNIS WILLIAMS Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: DENNIS WILLIAMS Subject: RE: Db Block Size 8K or 16K for a FS Block Size = 16K Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Vivek - My understanding is that there it is usually not advisable to = have the Oracle block size smaller than the file system block size. The file system must retrieve at least 16k at a time, so you may get less = performance if you choose 8k. Therefore, I would go with 16k myself. =A0 Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@lifetouch.com =20 -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:53 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sun Storage Model 6960 (containing Multiple T3+ Units within) Allows a MINIMUM File System(FS) Block Size of 16K. DB Block Size 8K OR 16K , For Performance which is Advisable for a = Hybrid Banking Application ? NOTE - Till Date we have been using 8K DB & FS Block size for Our = Banking Product=20 because the Other Storage Boxes did allow 8K FS Block Size .=20 Customers Running Databases of Sizes Upto 500 GB with it . Solaris 8 Oracle 8.1.7 Thanks --=20 Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com --=20 Author: VIVEK_SHARMA INET: VIVEK_SHARMA@infosys.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: DWILLIAMS@LIFETOUCH.COM Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).