Re: Enable 32K Block in 8K Block DB

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>
> The discussion is not so much whether raw is faster or slower than a file
> system, on which the jury is still out.

I'd disagree, the jury is in, all things being equal raw is faster. But all things are not equal :-)) so the debate goes on

> The issue here is: with a file
> system that does buffered I/O, am I free to choose any Oracle block size I
> like? (nope). Can I achieve performance gains by adopting multiple
> blocksizes within the one database? (nope).
>
> That's a completely different discussion than the one you seem to want to
> start.
>
> Regards
> HJR
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