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Adjust <str<strong>on</strong>g>Oracle</str<strong>on</strong>g> Block Size<br />

• A UNIX system reads entire operating system blocks from<br />

the disk. If the database block size is smaller than the<br />

UNIX file system block size, I/O b<strong>and</strong>width is inefficient. If<br />

you set the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Oracle</str<strong>on</strong>g> database block size to be a multiple of<br />

the file system blocksize, you can increase performance<br />

by up to five percent.<br />

• The DB_BLOCK_SIZE initializati<strong>on</strong> parameter sets the<br />

database block size. However, to change the value of this<br />

parameter, you must recreate the database.<br />

• To see the current value of the DB_BLOCK_SIZE<br />

parameter, enter the SHOW PARAMETER<br />

DB_BLOCK_SIZE comm<strong>and</strong> in SQL*Plus<br />

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