Index Manager manages the database index and provides a fast way to look up Essbase data blocks. Index Manager determines which portions of the database index to cache in the index cache, and manages the index cache.
Table 150 lists the components that Index Manager controls:
Table 150. Index Manager Components
The term index refers to all index files for a single database. The index can span multiple volumes, and multiple index files can reside on a single volume. Use the disk volumes setting to specify disk spanning parameters. For information on setting the index cache size, see Sizing the Index Cache. For information about allocating storage space with the disk volumes setting, see Specifying Disk Volumes.