FIle and Block size relationships ...

[Ben Duncan]

No, it is the default size of the STRUCTS to use.
basically, it is a ISAM file manager. The read/writes
will be done in increments in 512 bytes. RAW type usage, of which
you speak, is generally done as it's own partition type, and
it's own buffering.

The way to do such btree stuff is to do read / writes / seeks, but in
your own cache and bypass the fread / fwrite / fseek stuff which uses
the OS cache.

Alma J Wetzker wrote:
<SNIP>

>>>
> 
> I don't understand.  Are you asking if you should store the actual block 
> on the disk?  That would go back to Oracle's raw file system type of 
> stuff, a real headache, but fast.  How would you handle backup and 
> restore?  Reloading data?
> 
>     -- Alma
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