Configuring a partition
An iHub partition is a physical disk location used to store Encyclopedia volume data files. Every Encyclopedia volume must have an iHub partition.
An Encyclopedia volume supports using multiple iHub partitions. You can expedite input and output processing by using multiple partitions that operate across separate physical disks. iHub transparently manages the allocation of files among partitions. Encyclopedia volumes cannot share a partition.
The default Encyclopedia volume resides in the primary partition, DefaultPartition. The default path of the primary partition is AC_DATA_HOME/encyc.
Figure 2‑2 shows the path of the primary partition on Windows.
Figure 2‑2 Default Partition path
The administrator can change the location of the primary partition, but cannot remove it. If no other partitions exist, the primary partition stores all designs, documents, and other data files.
