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Deploy your database applications and projects on the cloud

Using IBM DB2 data server and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Rav Ahuja (rsahuja@ca.ibm.com), Senior Product Manager, IBM
Rav Ahuja is a Senior Product Manager for Data Management at IBM and is based in the Toronto Lab. He has been working with DB2 since version 1, and he has held various roles in DB2 development, technical support, marketing, and product management. In addition to product strategy and evangelism, Rav spends his time helping customers and business partners around the globe benefit from DB2 solutions using emerging technologies and cloud computing. He is a frequent presenter at events in many countries, and he has written numerous papers, articles and books related to DB2. In his spare time, Rav helps maintain ChannelDB2.com, a social network that aggregates DB2 related videos, blogs, podcasts, and so on. Rav holds a Computer Engineering degree from McGill University and an MBA from University of Western Ontario.
Bradley Steinfeld (bsteinfe@ca.ibm.com), Software Developer, IBM
Bradley Steinfeld is a software developer and an open-source-software evangelist based out of the IBM Toronto Lab. He is one of the first IBMers to work with DB2 on the cloud, and he has become an expert on various cloud technologies (Amazon EC2, CloudBurst, Eucalyptus, and so on). He has a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.

Summary:  Cloud computing is an increasingly popular paradigm that can significantly accelerate development and prototyping cycles. In this tutorial you will learn how you can easily deploy your database applications and projects on the cloud in just minutes using IBM® DB2® data server and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). No prior cloud computing or DB2 experience is necessary.

Date:  28 Jan 2010
Level:  Intermediate
PDF:  A4 and Letter (2313 KB | 39 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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The pre-built DB2 Express-C AMIs provide a quick and inexpensive way to get started with DB2 on the Cloud. You can provision these pre-built AMIs and start using DB2 in just minutes while paying only a few cents an hour, and that too only when you use them. This tutorial described signing up for an AWS account, performing security and firewall setup, launching DB2 AMIs, configuring them, taking database snapshots, and shutting down your instances. IBM and AWS also offer pre-built, production-use AMIs for DB2 Express and DB2 Workgroup. IBM and Amazon offer you a lot of flexibility to deploy your existing DB2 licenses on EC2 and create your own DB2-based AMIs.

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