7-74 IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide

Create a Blobspace or Dbspace

Create a Blobspace or Dbspace
Refer topage 3-88 for more details to consider when you are creating a
blobspace. Refer topage 3-97 for more details to consider when you are
creating a dbspace.
-b blobspace names the blobspace to be created.
-c indicates that a blobspace or dbspace is to be created.
-d dbspace names the dbspace to be created.
-gpage_unit specifies the blobspace blobpage size in terms of
page_unit, the number of disk pages per blobpage.
-mpathname
offset is an optional pathname and offset to the chunk that will
mirror the initial chunk of the new blobspace or dbspace.
-ooffset indicates, in kilobytes, the offset into the disk partition or
into the device to reach the initial chunk of the new
blobspace or dbspace.
-p pathname indicatesthe disk partition or device of the initial chunk of
the new blobspace or dbspace. The chunk can be a raw
device or a file in a standard UNIX file system.
-ssize indicates, in kilobytes, the size of the initial chunk of the
new blobspace or dbspace.
Create a Blobspace
or Dbspace
-bblobspace
-ddbspace -g pageunit
-ooffset -s size
-mpathname offset
-c -ppathname