For all databases you can use either a raw partition or a file.
Sybase Adaptive Server supports the database devices on NFS- and CIFS-mounted devices with Network Appliance Filers for storing data. Network appliance filers provide the same performance and data integrity as raw devices. There are no changes needed to the operating system or to Sybase Adaptive Server to use network appliance filers.
NFS mounted devices have been tested on Solaris, HP/UX, IBM AIX, Windows NT, Linux, and SGI.
Previous versions of Adaptive Server performed buffered
writes to file devices, which does not ensure recoverability. Starting
in version 12.0, the default for writes to file systems is unbuffered,
so files are now acceptable as database devices.
