Must I Use Multiple Devices to Take Advantage of Partitions in Sybase?

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It depends on which type of performance improvement you want.

Table partitioning improves performance in two ways: primarily, by decreasing page contention for inserts and, secondarily, by decreasing i/o contention. "What Is Table Partitioning?" explains each in detail.

If you want to decrease page contention you do not need multiple devices. If you want to decrease i/o contention, you must use multiple devices.
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