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IBM Db2 Overview

What is IBM Db2?

Built to run the world’s mission-critical workloads. Designed by the world’s leading database experts, IBM Db2 empowers developers, enterprise architects, and data engineers to run low-latency transactions and real-time analytics equipped for the most demanding workloads. From microservices to AI workloads, Db2 is the tested, resilient, and hybrid database providing the extreme availability, built-in refined security, effortless scalability, and intelligent automation for systems that run the world.

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IBM® Db2® is the database that offers enterprise-wide solutions handling high-volume workloads. It is optimized to deliver industry-leading performance while lowering costs.
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Extreme Availability
Mission critical environments require continuous availability and tolerance for failure. Deploy availability enabling you to run your workloads without interruption.

Built-in Refined Security
Security is at our core. Protect your data with in-motion and at-rest encryption, extensive auditing, data masking, row/column access controls, role-based access and more. No one knows your data like you do. Let’s keep it that way.

Effortless Scalability
Db2 grows with you. Scale up and out as your workloads evolve and your performance needs change.

Intelligent Automation
Managing your database deployments has never been easier. Db2’s built-in container operators automate your most time-consuming database tasks, while keeping your business running. Build apps while taking advantage of our advanced workload management automation and ML-optimized query engine. Do Less, build more.


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Rodrigo S.
RS
Analista de Sistemas Senior
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Excellent Database"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Database with fast response and processing. Quite reliable, which is why it is still used for Banks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

But, overall, it serves very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lakshmi G.
LG
Manager, Cloud Security
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Superior DB with great integration"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

DB2 is extremely easy to use; we used it as primary relational databases running production workloads. It provides solid connectivity and integration with other platforms/tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

It is very hard to enagage support staff when there are issues, receiving enhancements on existing product is extremely difficult at times and can be frustrating when there is production outage due to a product bug. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
IB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best RDBMS for bulk data management"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Lightning fast speed and abillity to integrate with mainframe systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

It bulkier setup sometimes makes it difficult to manage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muhammad Amir H.
MH
Assistant Development Manager (Middleware)
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Why DB2, I have been using DB2 for quite some time and it is very easy to integrate and migrate."
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

The amount of help that is available over the internet and IBM site makes it easy to use and migrate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

There is nothing much to be disliked about Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Alot more to be done to be industry leading DB"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

scalability and flexible licensing are major features of likeness for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

i would say in terms of speed and performance it needs to come way up to compete with oracle & Teradata Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"good for mainframe and support for mutliple operating systems make it a valuable product"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

mainframe and support for mutliple operating systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

slowness which sometimes take a lot of time for simple tasks to complete Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohamed Shaikna R.
MR
Senior Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"IBM DB2 review"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

IBM DB2 database is more likely compatible with the IBM products like IBM Sterling Commerce and can expect a great performance and connectivity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

It is not user friendly when compared with its Oracle counterpart Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
CB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best RDBMS for large scale data processing"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Stored Procedure, Index, back up and restore Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

nothing as such to dislike about DB2 on Z/OS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
CH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Benefits of IBM DB2"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Very helpful for the business to load and maintaince the production/test data in the tables. Data can be processed using SQL query in the program based the business requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Sometimes we came acres a deadlock issue when accessing the DB2 tables. But we can ways to avoid it as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Nice"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

I think the most helpful is an artificial intelligence-powered for help to handle structured or unstructured data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

I think I just don't like multi-cloud flexibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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