Re: Tablespace-level Block Size Definitions

Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I'm sure this has been thought of but was wondering whether anyone had
> discussed the allowance of run-time block size specifications at the
> tablespace level? I know that a change such as this would substantially
> impact buffer operations, transactions, access methods, the storage
> manager, and a lot of other stuff, however it would give an
> administrator the ability to inhance performance for specific applications.
>
> Arguably, one can set the block size at compile-time, but for a system
> running multiple databases it *may* be a nice feature. Would it be used
> a lot? Probably not. Would I use it? Certainly! Would some of my
> clients use it? Yes.
>
> Perhaps a TODO item for some advantageous company to fund?
>
> -Jonah

Have you used Oracle's version as well?

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