Data and Database Management Software
Database Software offers automated statistics collection.
Press Release Summary:
Available in per-user licensing model and per-processor licensing model, DB2® UDB Enterprise Server Edition v8.2 brings integration to businesses that utilize mySAP(TM) solutions. Self-configuring tool facilitates database design process by using workload, database, and hardware information to recommend optimal design of database objects. With IBM Learning Optimizer, database automates, simplifies, and accelerates queries, without human intervention.
Original Press Release:
IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition, V8.2 Offers Flexible Pricing
DB2 ESE, V8.2 offers both a per-user licensing model and a per-processor licensing model. It builds on its market-proven industrial-strength and on demand capabilities with the following key enhancements
Maximize IT investment - Choice of per-user or per-processor licensing:
Reduces deployment and management costs
SAP integration and optimization
Design Advisor
Automated statistics collection and object maintenance
Self-tuning backup and restore
Increases programmer productivity
Microsoft.NET integration
Java enhancements, including thin client and integrated help
Delivers a robust infrastructure
High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR)
Automated client reroute
Linux scalability
Security
Extends the value of information
New queue-based replication architecture
Geodetic Extender
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Overview
This DB2 Universal Database® (UDB) release delivers multiple new features.
Per user pricing
DB2® UDB Enterprise Server Edition (DB2 UDB ESE) offers the ability to license DB2 with a user-based-metric, in addition to the existing, processor-based metric. Choose the licensing metric that best fits your business model.
SAP optimization
Brings new level of integration to businesses that utilize mySAP(TM) solutions. DB2 is specifically tailored for the SAP environment, delivering increased scalability and availability while making it easier to install, configure and manage your database.
Design advisor
An industry-leading innovative technology assists database administrators (DBAs) to make optimal and comprehensive database design decisions. This self-configuring autonomic tool greatly simplifies the database design process by using workload, database, and hardware information to recommend optimal design of database objects.
Automated statistics profiling
Represents the first deployment from IBM Learning Optimizer (LEO) research and development project. LEO is the next generation of the IBM query optimizer technology, in which the database automates, simplifies, and accelerates queries without human intervention.
Improved programmer productivity and choice of programming environments
DB2 UDB allows deep integration with, or plug-ins for, both Java(TM)/Eclipse and Microsoft(TM) .NET IDEs such as IBM WebSphere® Studio and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) and client reroute
Features enable 24x7 information availability and resilience required by on demand enterprises.
DB2 Linux(TM) leadership
Extended by the support of the distributions based on the new 2.6 kernel. Exploitation of new I/O and memory management features found in the latest Linux distributions is provided. 64-bit Linux versions of DB2 servers are provided for Linux on Intel(TM) EM64T, Linux on POWER(TM) (IBM pSeries® and iSeries(TM)), and Linux on zSeries® hardware architectures.
Planned availability dates
November 25, 2005 (electronic software delivery)
December 16, 2005 (media and documentation)
