Re: Raw is SUPPERIOR

Joe Lumbley (jlumbley@netcom.com) wrote: : somebody in this thread wrote: : : On the issue of the block size and the database read size mismatch : : Informix, Sybase and Oracle allow you to tune the block size to match : : the block size used on I/O. In fact they all recommend that you : : synchronize these values and put this step in the setup procedures. : : Tuning the database blocksize to the hardware size should negate the : : impedance mismatch you were concerned : NO way!, at least on Informix. Every Informix system I've ever seen : includes a comment saying to ***NEVER*** try to change the pagesize. You CAN'T change the pagesize no matter how hard you try. It's hard coded into the software. The BUFFSIZE parameter doesn't do anything.