| The DB2Night Show #18: The Top 10 DB2 LUW Mistakes People Make, Klaas Brant
Posted on 5/8/2010
In our 18th show, Klaas Brant, IBM DB2 GOLD Consultant and Owner KBCE, Netherlands, shared with us his Top 10 DB2 LUW Mistakes that People Make. I think it was one of our best shows ever! The discussion was lively, and many tips were shared during the conversation! Are you making any of the Top 10 Mistakes? Watch ... |
| The DB2Night Show #17: DB2 LUW Performance Updates, Berni Schiefer, IBM
Posted on 4/30/2010
In our 17th show, Berni Schiefer, IBM DE, Toronto Lab, shared with us the latest news on DB2 LUW Performance achievements and some best practices. DB2 is still winning TPC benchmarks! Berni's talk is peppered with assorted hints, tips, and best practices. What are his favorite DB2 9.7 features? Watch and learn... ... |
| The DB2Night Show #16: Autonomic Memory & STMM Updates, Adam Storm, IBM
Posted on 4/9/2010
In our 16th show, we talked about DB2 LUW Autonomic Memory and the Self Tuning Memory Manager (STMM). Our special guest was Adam Storm, Software Developer, DB2 Kernel Development, from the IBM Toronto Lab. Adam did a great job on updating us about Autonomic Memory and STMM, and he fielded some excellent questions too. ... |
| The DB2Night Show #15: DB2 9.7 Online Table Moves with Ergin Babani, IBM
Posted on 4/2/2010
In our 15th show, we talked about the new Online Table Move capability in DB2 9.7. Our special guest was Ergin Babani, DB2 LUW Continuing Engineering, from the IBM Toronto Lab. Despite recovering from a cold and having a sore throat, Ergin did a fantastic job for us on covering the options and features of this new ... |
| The DB2Night Show #14: Crunching the Numbers and DB2 STMM
Posted on 3/12/2010
In our 14th show, show host Scott Hayes, IBM DB2 GOLD Consultant and Information Management Champion, performed a deep dive into analyzing DB2 Snapshot numbers for a production DB2/Linux 9.7 database located in the UK. This database had STMM turned on, so we did a tangential LIVE demonstration on DB2's Self Tuning Memory ... |
| The DB2Night Show #13: DB2 LUW Compression Updates
Posted on 2/19/2010
In our 13th show, special guest Paul Zikopoulos, Program Director - DB2 Evangelism, IBM Software Group, provided us with fantastic information on "DB2 LUW Compression Updates ". He covered compression in DB2 9.1, 9.5, and 9.7, index compression, temp compression, and even shared competitive information that compares ... |
| The DB2Night Show #12: DB2 Information Resources
Posted on 2/12/2010
In our 12th show, special guest Susan Visser, Publishing Program Manager, IBM, introduced us to "The Wild Wonderful World of DB2 Information Resources ". I had no idea that there were so many free and inexpensive resources available for quality DB2 information. Watch the replay of this episode to learn about the best ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #7: SQL Server versus DB2 LUW
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our seventh show, special guest Leon Katsnelson, Program Director, IBM Data Servers, IBM Canada, gave us a great comparison of SQL Server versus DB2 LUW. He also talked about FREE DB2 and DB2 LUW in the cloud, and, as a bonus, he even compared DB2 Express-C to Oracle Express. So, if you are interested in learning ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #8: Managing the DB2 WLM
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our eighth episode, special guest Paul Bird from the IBM Canada Lab gave us updates on DB2 WLM and provided some best practices tips. However, the real excitement began when Mark Mulligan - a real live DB2 Customer using DB2 Workload Manager - shared with us his experiences and tips for implementing and using WLM. ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #9: Crunching the Numbers
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our ninth episode, Scott Hayes, IBM GOLD Consultant and Data Management Champion, published author, frequent blogger, IDUG supporter and worldwide speaker, took a deep dive into DB2 Snapshot Data from a REAL LIVE DB2 LUW database that had been up and running for over a year! With the studio audience watching, we worked ... |