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A page is the basic unit which the database system uses to write data to the hard disk and read data from the hard disk. A page corresponds to a certain number of operating system blocks. Pages are often used to specify memory and disk space.

The page size for the SAP MaxDB database system is 8 KB.

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Operating System Blocks on a Page

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