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What is IBM® Db2® on Cloud?
A trusted data source for AI apps
You want the agility of a cloud database for enterprise workloads. But you need to be confident in the security and availability.
IBM Db2 on Cloud is a fully managed SQL cloud database that offers a dedicated operations team, point-in-time recovery, high-availability disaster recovery (HADR) technology with multizone region support and independent scaling to protect your enterprise applications.
Benefits
Enterprise ready
Reliable
Cost effective
AI ready
How it’s used
WebSphere data
WebSphere data
Store and retrieve IBM WebSphere® Application Server on Cloud data from a database on the cloud, with an offsite disaster recovery node to help ensure availability.
Hybrid architecture
Hybrid data management
Use data virtualization to pull only the data you need into the public cloud, while keeping sensitive and personally identifiable information (PII) data on premises.
Data science
Data science models
Data being stored and retrieved from a web server can be ingested, using IBM DataStage®, into on-premises or cloud data warehouses for building data science models.
Scalable web apps
Scalable web apps
Store your main application data, such as transaction and inventory data, in Db2 on Cloud, with an offsite disaster recovery node for an extra layer of resiliency.
Features
Db2 on Cloud details
Fully managed service
Dedicated team, available 24x7, managing OS updates, security patches and more
High availability
Three HA-node configuration with multizone region support
Flexible scaling
Independent scaling of compute and storage based on need
Geo-replicated disaster recovery
Extended regional availability by adding an on-demand disaster recovery node
Data federation
Queries across PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL server and Db2 instances on cloud or on premises
Data protection
Built-in auditing, row/column access controls, IBM Key Protect and more
Inside the interface
Move data fast

Move data fast
Rapidly load data to your database on cloud from cloud-based storage or straight from your desktop.
Monitor storage

Monitor storage
Monitor your cloud SQL database connections and storage usage with clear visibility.
Add disaster recovery

Add disaster recovery
Provision an identical instance in a separate data center for geo-replicated disaster recovery.
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Next steps
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