The PEX guide gives examples of non-DB writes as "spool files, job logs, data area, data queues etc." and non-DB reads as "data areas, data queues, user profiles, loading programs, user spaces etc."
Not a definitive list but maybe gives you enough of a steer.
Regards,
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