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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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Verified User in Food & Beverages
IF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Ibm Db2"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

run on all available platforms, rather than just Windows-based platforms optimizes performance by making adjustments on the fly to the database memory and buffer pools with no requirement for human intervention Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

It's hard to find good DB2 DBAs quickly for a new project unlike Oracle or SQL-Server DBAs. Up-skilling Oracle DBAs to DB2 is easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
UB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good software by IBM"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Can handle high volume of data.

Secure.

Drivers are easy to install. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Software installation is complex.

Sometime not compatible with the application developed in Java. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace
UA
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Extremely reliable and fast"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

I like how reliable and quick our DB2 tables are. We use WinSQL to display and manage our DB2 tables and they are nothing short of fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

I do not dislike anything about our DB2 tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Supermarkets
US
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Cloud support has always run well. "
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Limited lag time while running multiple processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Difficult to work on mac computers, I felt that it was difficult to handle working on cloud anaylsis while the proactive nature of the merger was evident. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jay P.
JP
Data Scientist - Big Data and Analytics
Automotive
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best database for economic usage"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

I loved the database version which is light version and easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Pretty ugly when it comes to using the database language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
UB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good db"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

I like the speed and the functionality of it. We use db2 on both the mainframe and server environment. We have a data warehousing appliance that runs db2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

I dont dislike anything about this product. It is easy to learn and try transition from a different flavor of sql. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AJ
Ingeniero III
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Excellent DBMS"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Excellent database to handle high volume of data, recommended for datawarehouse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

DB2 for Zos is focused on mainframe equipment, making it difficult for the installation of alternative infrastructure to the data center in the case of having a contingency center. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail
AR
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good database supported by multiple operating systems"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

It is a strong database that doesn't fail a lot. SQL queries and standard sql tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

I didn't try all the options it has but I like what I tried Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kenya M.
KM
Associate Systems Analyst
Insurance
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Meh"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Db2 database is painful to use but it works Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

The interface, the not so user friendly tools available to customize clients Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Machinery
IM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"owner"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

i use this for my database on the main frames that iam experienced in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

older technology but this is what iam experienced with to accomplish the end result Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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