We are in the process of refreshing free DB2 Express-C to the new level i.e. v9.5.2. There are lots of enhancements that you will get as a result of this refresh. Customers that had DB2 Express-C subscription did have these enhancements delivered as part of FixPack 1 and FixPack 2. Now those of you that [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Administration'
What is new in DB2 Express-C: Clearing DB2 bufferpools
November 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Administration · DB2 · Performance · Tools
Cheap storage just got even cheaper
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments
When a database person mentions storage, images of cabinets full of disk drives and cables come to mind. But, since in my recent post I promised to talk about cloud computing I figured I’d talk about a different kind of storage. I am talking about storage that you can’t see or touch; I am talking [...]
Tags: Administration · Tools
Free e-book on getting best performance for DB2, SOA environments, and XML applications
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
DB2 Express-C comes with XML and Web Services support already backed. There is a free e-book from the experts in all things DB2 that supposedly helps you get the most out of these functions. The author of the section on automatic maintenance and utility throttling, Roger Sanders has written enough books on DB2 to fill [...]
Tags: Administration · DB2 · Performance
Everything you ever wanted to know about a DB2 table but did not know where to look
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Just like any other DBMS, DB2 keeps all of your data in tables. The tables are organized in a usual i.e. data is stored in rows with each row having one or more columns. This is true even in the case when the data that is stored as XML. Hopefully it is not a surprise [...]
Tags: Administration · DB2 · Programming
