To find out OS block size, login as sys and run the following query:
select max(lebsz) from sys.x$kccle;

If Veritas is used and block size is 8k, then it is advisable to set your DB_BLOCK_SIZE to 8K. The reason is simple: no extra IO.
When they are NOT equal then OS has to do reconstruct the data block in the memory. This will impair performance.

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