Executive Summary for the DB2 9 for System z on Linux Tests

This paper demonstrates data server scalability for DB2® 9 running on IBM® System z™ with Linux®. It captures the best practices for deploying IBM DB2 9 for mission critical Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workloads in their product environment.

IBM System z technologies offer a rich set of platform-deployment features ranging from well-known mainframe attributes such as reliability, availability, scalability, and security to features like the very high capacity and bandwidth of the I/O subsystem. DB2 9, a leading data server in the information management market, offers rich value added capabilities to help customers meet their transaction processing demands. These new capabilities include automatic storage, self-tuning memory management, deep compression, and XML. In addition to these capabilities, DB2 9 on System z has added support for asynchronous and direct I/O - interfaces known to improve data server performance for OLTP workloads. This combination of DB2 9 on Linux on System z is ideal for customers looking to drive the performance and scalability of their growing business.