All database systems supported by PPM use particular areas on a data carrier for permanent data storage. These areas are called tablespaces for Oracle and DB2 databases. Microsoft uses the term filegroups for its SQL server products. In the following, we will use tablespace as a uniform term for both.
The PPM system uses different classes of data:
The first step in optimizing the performance of your PPM is assigning individual tablespaces to the various data classes.