DB2 9 Compression Technology Cuts Storage Costs by up to 80%
For large warehouses or databases with huge volumes of data, the cost of the storage subsystem can easily exceed the combined cost of the hardware server and the data server software. Therefore, even a small reduction in the storage subsystem can result in substantial cost savings for the entire database solution.
DB2 9 is a single database management system for both XML and relational data
DB2 provides cost effective management of both relational data and pure XML data in a single data server - to provide you with all of the business information you need to solve challenging new problems.
Customer quotes
"Compression gives my customers tremendous savings in that they're storing the same amount of information in only half the space."
--Lou Esposito, CEO, Strada Soft
"The data row compression feature saves lots of disk space and will be extremely useful in large data warehousing environments."
--Ellen Reys-Klebaner, Chief Database Architect, Visa