WOW Greg. Probably I still belong to the Old Technology of using Mounted Filesystems for Database in a NON-RAC scenario. Cheers -----Original Message----- From: Greg Rahn [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:21 AM To: VIVEK_SHARMA Subject: Re: Filesystem Block Size ? 1K or 4K or 8K ? Out of curiosity, why are you choosing VxFS over ASM? ----------- On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:23 AM, VIVEK_SHARMA <VIVEK_SHARMA@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Should the Filesystem (VXFS) Block Size be set to 1K, 4K or 8K? ... Personally > I think it should be 4 K (i.e. Equal to the Page-size) -- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***