Blobpages and shared memory

Blobspace blobpages store large amounts of data.

The database server does not create or access blobpages by way of the shared-memory buffer pool, and it does not write blobspace blobpages to either the logical or physical logs.

If blobspace data passed through the shared-memory pool, it might dilute the effectiveness of the pool by driving out index pages and data pages. Instead, blobpage data is written directly to disk when it is created.

To reduce logical-log and physical-log traffic, the database server writes blobpages from magnetic media to dbspace backup tapes and logical-log backup tapes in a different way than it writes dbspace pages. For a description of how blobspaces are logged, see Log blobspaces and simple large objects.

Blobpages stored on optical media are not written to dbspace and logical-log backup tapes due to the high reliability of optical media.