Re: Raw is SUPPERIOR

Posted in 1995

Joe Lumbley — Tue, 28 Nov 1995 23:02:37 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

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. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) Dallas, Texas ----------------------------------------------------------------------------