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Chapter 2. Data sharing architecture
DB2 data sharing is based on the Shared Data architecture, which differs
significantly from other approaches that attempt to address capacity and
availability challenges. The Shared Data architecture is fundamental to DB2’s
ability to meet those challenges and, at the same time, to provide unequaled
scalability. The other benefits of DB2 data sharing — workload balancing, flexible
configurations and systems management — are built upon the ability of the
Shared Data architecture to meet the capacity, availability and scalability goals.
We discuss the following ...