You can make changes to your Windows system to improve SAP ASE
performance. The Windows utilities let you monitor the SAP ASE use of operating
system resources—disk, memory, and I/O.
For more information, see Performance and Tuning Series.
Using Dedicated SAP ASE Operation
Installing SAP ASE on a dedicated computer improves performance, because the software does not have to share system resources with file and print server applications. However, SAP ASE is not a foreground application, because it runs as a Windows service. Increasing the priority of SAP ASE increases the CPU time available for the server.
Disk Drives and SAP ASE Performance
The overall performance in an I/O-bound application is determined by the number of disk drives on a system, not by the amount of space available. A single disk drive may be unable to deliver the number of I/Os per second that are needed for your SAP ASE application.