Db2 Database - Overview

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Overview

Use case

Accelerate data exploration

Data virtualization expands access to and visibility of all enterprise data.

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Reduce operational costs

Containerized deployments feature automated administration.

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Enhance productivity

Containerized microservices speed development life cycles.

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Gain flexibility

On IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Deploy Db2 as an extension on the IBM Cloud Pak for Data platform.

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On premises on Linux®, Unix or Windows

Run Db2 on these common operating systems.

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On cloud

Run a fully managed version of Db2 on the cloud.

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On premises on IBM z/OS®

Run Db2 on IBM Z® for mainframe power and security.

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Db2 Database benefits

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Enterprise ready

Reduce storage requirements by 47% and increase compression rates by 39%¹. Align with the latest NIST and FIPS standards.

Developer ready

Integrate with up to 10 modern programming languages. The REST service enables interaction with Db2 data from your web, mobile or cloud application.

Cost effective

Use data virtualization to reduce data extraction and transformation requests between 25% and 65%². Multimodal data management can save an additional USD 200,000³.

Resilient and consumable

Reduce operational overhead costs by up to 26%⁴. Reduce infrastructure and application development platform costs by an average of 38%⁵ using cloud-native databases and platform integration.

Feature highlights

Industry-leading performance

Potential for 30% improvement in transactional response time⁶ with fast data retrieval and queries plus disk space compression

Advanced protection

Advanced authorization, encryption at rest and in transit, and comprehensive security controls for managing GDPR compliance

Continuous availability

Auto resynchronization and recovery plus clustering with IBM pureScale® to keep business running 24x7

Automated administration and tuning

Automatic setup, optimization, diagnostics and management of the database environment to save DBA time and cut maintenance costs

Multiple data types and languages

Flexible environment, integrates with multiple platforms plus supports NoSQL, pureXML, Graph and JSON; Java, .Net, Ruby, Python, Perl and more for building robust apps