An sbspace is a logical storage unit, composed of one or more chunks, in which you can store smart large objects (such as BLOB, CLOB, or multi representational data). For more information about sbspaces, see the chapter on where data is stored in your IBM Informix: Dynamic Server Administrator's Guide.
This section provides guidelines for the following topics:
The DataBlade API and the ESQL/C application programming interface also provide functions that affect I/O operations for smart large objects.