An sbspace

An sbspace is a logical storage area that contains one or more chunks and stores only smart large objects. A chunk is the largest unit of physical disk space available for data storage; a group of chunks defines an sbspace.

An sbspace contains the following parts:

• A metadata area contains information about the smart large object.

This information includes internal information that helps the smart-large-object optimizer manage the data efficiently, storage characteristics for the smart large object, and status information for the smart large object

• A user data area contains the data for the smart large object.