ASA SQL User's Guide
Monitoring and Improving Performance
Top performance tips
When running on a PC, make sure your server meets Adaptive Server Anywhere's minimum CPU, memory and disk requirements:
Adaptive Server Anywhere can run with as little as 4 Mb of memory. If you use Java in the database, Adaptive Server Anywhere requires 8 Mb of memory. If you are using the administration tools, Adaptive Server Anywhere requires at least 32 Mb of RAM. Your computer must have this much memory in addition to the requirements for the operating system.
Enough disk space to hold your database and log files.
Keep in mind that these are the minimums. If you are meeting only the minimum hardware requirements, and find that performance is suffering, consider upgrading some or all of your hardware. In general, evaluate the hardware configuration to see if it is adequate for the kind of work load being placed on the server.