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Information Management best practices

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Introduction
DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 for z/OS
InfoSphere Information Server best practices
InfoSphere Master Data Management Server best practices

Introduction

These best practices present advice on the optimal way to use a variety of IBM® Information Management products. They include presentations and articles authored by leading experts in IBM's development and consulting teams and are designed to give you practical advice to improve the value of your IBM data servers and data integration products.

DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

On the Best practices for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows page, you'll find the following best practices articles:

Database storage
DB2 databases and the IBM General Parallel File System
Physical database design
Information modeling with InfoSphere Data Architect
Data life cycle management
Minimizing planned outages
DB2 High Availability Disaster Recovery
IBM data server security
Deploying IBM DB2 products
Writing and tuning queries for optimal performance
DB2 workload management
Deep compression
Managing XML data
Improving data server utilization and management through virtualization
Cost reduction strategies with DB2
Frequently asked questions from problem management reports
Building a recovery strategy for an IBM Smart Analytics System data warehouse
AIX operating system-level backup and recovery for an IBM Smart Analytics System
Multi-temperature data management
Data protection in the cloud
Upgrading to the DB2 pureScale Feature
Deploying Optim Performance Manager in large scale environments
The DB2 pureScale Feature on SUSE Enterprise Server
Query optimization in a data warehouse
Ingesting data into an IBM Smart Analytics System
Implementing DB2 workload management in a data warehouse
Using IBM InfoSphere Optim High Performance Unload as part of a recovery strategy in an IBM Smart Analytics System
Expanding an IBM Smart Analytics System

DB2 for z/OS

On the DB2 for z/OS best practices page, you'll find the following best practices content:

Presentations:
- Best practices for DB2 software maintenance
- Best practices for DB2 for z/OS virtual storage tuning
- DB2 security
- Best practices of pureXML in DB2 for z/OS
Articles and papers:
- Partitioning DB2 for z/OS tablespaces
- Programmers only: Reducing conversations with DB2 for z/OS
- DB2 for z/OS: Backup and recovery I/O related performance considerations
- Best practices: DB2 9 for z/OS migration
- DB2 9 CM REBIND best practices
- Debugging stored procedures on DB2 for z/OS with Data Studio Developer
- DB2 for z/OS and data recovery: Best practices for System
- System z Parallel Sysplex Best Practices
- The magic of keeping DB2 in order
- SQL performance choices
Webcasts:
- How to set up application servers to access DB2 for z/OS with high availability
- DB2 10 for z/OS: Helping you improve operational efficiencies and gain competitive advantage
- Hints and tips to get the most out of DB2 for z/OS
- Improving your life as a DBA in today's turbulent environment

InfoSphere Information Server best practices

On the InfoSphere Information Server best practices page, find best practices papers presenting advice on ways you can leverage IBM InfoSphere Information Server to satisfy key business requirements for information integration solutions.

Designing a topology for InfoSphere Information Server
Asset interchange in InfoSphere Information
Using InfoSphere Information Analyzer data quality rules in a productive environment
Understand the resource usage of data quality rules in IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer
Use InfoSphere Information Analyzer data classification to understand the quality of your data
Use CSV and XML import methods to populate, update, and enhance your InfoSphere Business Glossary content

InfoSphere Master Data Management Server best practices

On the InfoSphere Master Data Management best practices page, get practical guidance for the most common MDM Server configuations and use this knowledge to improve the value of your MDM Server implementation.

Achieving high availability with InfoSphere MDM Server
InfoSphere MDM Server installation
InfoSphere MDM Server security
InfoSphere MDM Server suspect duplicate processing (SDP)
Managing and promoting software changes in an InfoSphere MDM Server team development environment
Monitor and tune InfoSphere MDM Server for high performance access to master data
MDM system performance testing: Guidelines and instructions

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