# Block size in MySQL

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**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [July 22, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/block-size-in-mysql/1454 "2010-07-22T02:35:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![rushenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c57346/32.png) [@rushenas](https://forums.percona.com/u/rushenas)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/block-size-in-mysql/1454/1 "2010-07-22T02:35:26Z")

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Hi everybody  
I have heard in Oracle, we can change the block size of data (which can be so useful in OLTP databases, to reduce the block size). I want to know if there is any similar facility in MySQL as well. Is it possible to change block size of data in MySQL? If yes, please give me some resources to find about it.  
Cheers!

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**Author:** ![gmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@gmouse](https://forums.percona.com/u/gmouse)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/block-size-in-mysql/1454/2 "2010-07-22T13:35:10Z")

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