IBM Db2 11.5 with AI
IBM’s Db2 is a family of hybrid data management products that offer a complete suite of AI-empowered capabilities designed to help manage both structured and unstructured data on premises as well as in private and public cloud environments.
Db2 11.5 is built on an intelligent common SQL engine designed for scalability and flexibility.
IBM’s Db2 11.5 release has been consolidated to three editions, all of which are designed to scale to your ongoing business needs.
- Db2 Community Edition
- Db2 Standard Edition
- Db2 Advanced Edition
| Previous Editions | New Editions |
| Express-C Edition,
Developer Community Edition |
Db2 Community Edition
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| Advanced Workgroup Server Edition,
Workgroup Server Edition, Direct Standard Edition |
Db2 Standard Edition |
| Enterprise Server Edition,
Developer Edition, Direct Advanced Edition, Advanced Enterprise Server Edition |
Db2 Advanced Edition |
Hassle-free Db2 Edition upgrades
Db2 editions all share the same code base, with the only technical difference between the editions being the resource limitations. This allows any application that is written for Db2 to be easily moved to another Db2 edition – on any operating system platform that is supported by Db2. This flexibility allows users to learn on one edition and be immediately productive on any Db2 edition.
Db2 11.5 Standard Edition
Db2 Standard Edition is a high-performance database for small or mid-size businesses, with licensing options for hybrid cloud deployments. It is similar to Db2 Advanced Edition however is restricted in the size of the deployment.
Db2 Standard Edition offers these benefits:
- Improves application performance and analytics for faster decisions.
- Delivers high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
- Provides a secure, flexible environment.
- Interfaces with a variety of data more efficiently.
- Improves productivity and reduces administration efforts.
Db2 Standard Edition is available on a Virtual CPU charge metric and an Authorized User metric for non-production environments. You are restricted to 16 virtual processor cores and 128 GB of instance memory. These restrictions apply to each physical or virtual server, unless they are deployed in a pureScale or DPF cluster. In these instances, the restrictions apply to the entire cluster.
Db2 11.5 Advanced Edition
Db2 Advanced Edition provides a comprehensive database solution for the enterprise with a licensing metric to facilitate hybrid cloud deployment. This solution offers data warehousing, transactional, and analytics capabilities in one package.
Db2 Advanced Edition provides advanced features for storage optimization, in-memory computing, reliable system availability, and workload management tools. The solution also helps ensure high performance, actionable insight, continuous availability and reliability, at lower cost; whilst providing flexible deployment options for on-premises.
Db2 Advanced Edition offers these benefits:
- Improves application performance and analytics for faster decisions.
- Delivers high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
- Provides a secure, flexible environment.
- Interfaces with a variety of data more efficiently.
- Improves productivity and reduces administration efforts.
Db2 Advanced Edition can be deployed on Linux, UNIX, or Windows servers of any size, from one processor to hundreds of processors, and on both physical and virtual servers.
Db2 Advanced Edition is available on per Virtual Processor Core (VPC) charge metric and an Authorized User (AU) metric for non-production environments (such as development and test environments).
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