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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: OS block size vs. DB block size
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:25:22 +0800, "S S Wan" <sswan_at_hk.super.net> wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I was confused by the documents from SUN. They said
>that the logical filesystem block size is 8192 bytes but
>the physical block size is 512 bytes. My concern is which
>figure I should take to consider the DB block size, which
>should be integral multiple of the OS block size.
>
>Does anyone have insight?
>
Oracle DB block size is a logical unit, and OS block size is a physical unit, you don't need care about them. For all Oracle process on SGA, you must concern is the DB block size.
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