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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