Combined with Parallels® Virtuozzo® Containers
for Linux®, DB2® database software can be a powerful addition to your information management infrastructure. Virtuozzo Containers offers a high performance, space efficient operating system virtualization solution that allows new virtual machines - or so-called containers - to be created within seconds.
DB2 Express-C 9.7 is a no-charge version of DB2 database software that is free to develop, deploy and distribute. DB2 Express-C does not put any restrictions on the database size or the number of concurrent user connections. While it only utilizes up to 2GB of memory and up to 2 CPU cores, the server where DB2 Express-C is installed may have more CPUs and memory. DB2 Express-C is available for AMD®, Intel® and PowerPC®on both 32 and 64 bits versions. It is ideal for small businesses and multi-branch companies, as well as developers and business partners who serve these clients.
To simplify DB2 database software deployment for users of Virtuozzo Containers onLinux, IBM has made available EZ templates for DB2 Express-C 9.7, optimized specifically for Virtuozzo. Leveraging the power of the Virtuozzo File System (VZFS), you can have a DB2 Express-C data server fully installed, configured, and tuned to your needs within minutes, allowing new test and production servers to be provisioned as needed.
