I just started at my new DBA job, and I have been reviewing their database 
installation procedure.  I noticed that they create all their databases with a 4K 
block size.  This is for Oracle 9.2 on AIX 5.2.  It has been my general understanding 
that most sites these days use 8K db_block_size as a minumum for general OLTP 
databases.  And some sites are considering 16K db block size tablespace for indexes.  

At any rate, does anyone have any pro/con thoughts on the smaller 4K db block size???

Also, if your interested, please reply back to me DIRECTLY with your site's 
DB_BLOCK_SIZEs for OLTP/DWs.  I promise to tally the results and share them with 
everyone.  

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Many thanks.
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