The superior scalability of DB2 UDB is made possible through a combination of features that
are built into the base product. These include intra-partition parallelism as well as
inter-partition parallelism for queries. The Database engine also takes advantage of I/O
parallelism whenever possible, and features have been built-in to DB2 to recognize the unique
characteristics of Disk I/O subsystems that use RAID-5, such as IBM’s Enterprise Storage
Server.
Universal reliability
DB2 UDB runs reliably across multiple hardware and operating systems. Major reliability
features include transactional integrity through database locking as well as built-in Backup
and Recovery capabilities. The scheduling of back ...
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