Name

DB_BLOCK_CHECKSUM

Synopsis

Value: TRUE | FALSE

Default: FALSE

Dynamic: ALTER SYSTEM

Specifies whether DBWR and the direct loader will calculate a checksum and store it in the cache header of every data block when writing it to disk. Setting DB_BLOCK_CHECKSUM to TRUE can incur additional performance overhead. Set this parameter to TRUE only if advised to do so by Oracle Support.

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