IBM Information Management
The IBM Information Management software portfolio is comprised of products that deliver the right information in context to optimize business processes, applications, and productivity.
This includes products for content management and discovery, data servers and tools, dynamic warehousing and analytics, information integration, master data management, threat and fraud intelligence as well as Express middleware products for small and medium sized organizations.
With IBM Information Management software information can be effectively leveraged over its entire lifecycle helping organizations to improve business operations, reduce risk, increase worker productivity and enhance client care.
Learn more about IBM information management software.
OLTP Performance Benchmark
IBM SWG ran a comparison test between an IBM System X3755 2.8GHz Dual-Core system, and an AMD 2.0 GHz 4P reference platform system to see how DB2® 9 performed. The performance increase was outstanding, topping out at a 61% increase in performance over the dual-core systems.
This test simulated an online store environment using an open source workload (DVDStore), running on SuSE Enterprise Linux 10, and DB2 9.
Configuration Information
- 4 x Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 8350 in AMD Reference Server, 16GB memory, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit kernel, IBM DB2 9
- 4 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors Model 8220 in IBM x3755 server, 16GB memory, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit kernel, IBM DB2 9
IBM's DB2 9 data server software is ready for AMD Opteron processors
IBM is a market leader when it comes to data management. DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows with its renowned scalability is ideal for AMD Opteron processors running on commodity hardware to mainframe class servers.
Whether you have 64-bit or dual-core Opteron processor(s), DB2 runs on it. The combination of DB2 UDB for Linux and the Opteron processor is designed to provide customers with the necessary power for high-performance server and workstation solutions that manage the most demanding enterprise applications.
So start today and download the no charge DB2 Express-C. This is the ideal edition for entry level infrastructures looking for a full featured, production ready and scalable database.
- Free to download
- Free to develop
- Free to deploy
- Free to embed
- Free to redistribute
White Papers and Technical Articles
IBM, AMD and Novell Team on Linux Offering for Informix Dynamic Server
This new Linux offering will combine IDS 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell and IBM xSeries 3105 highly-scalable servers powered by second-generation AMD Opteron 1000 Series processors to provide new availability and security features in a low cost solution to help small and medium businesses (SMBs) meet their critical needs.