Determining the location, type, and size of a database device

Adaptive Server requires several database devices. Table 1-1 below shows baseline values for each of the devices. See the release bulletin for any last minute changes to these values.

**Table 1-1: Adaptive Server database devices**
Device	Purpose	Minimum size	Minimum recommended size
master	Stores system databases	24MB for 2K pages 45MB for 4K pages 89MB for 8K pages 177MB for 16K pages	30MB 60MB 120MB 240MB
sysprocsdev (also called the sybsystemprocs device)	Stores the sybsystemprocs database	136MB	140MB (plus any space for holding stored procedures that you have created)
sybsystemdb	Transaction processing	3MB for 2K pages 6MB for 4K pages 12MB for 8K pages 24MB for 16K pages	5 – 24MB
sybsecurity (optional)	Required for auditing	10MB or size of the model database (the larger of the two)	Depends on specific auditing needs; see “Adding auditing”