Managing Dbspaces

Sybase IQ distributes user data across multiple disks at the application level by representing each device as a dbspace. A dbspace can be an operating system file (dbfile) or a raw disk partition. Dbspaces can contain both user data and internal database structures used for startup, recovery, backup, and transaction management

A store is one or more dbspaces that store persistent or temporary data for a special purpose. Sybase IQ has four stores:

For more about dbspaces, see System Administration Guide: Volume 1 > Working with Database Objects.