DB2 Workgroup Server Edition

XML database management with pureXML

• The pureXML feature integrates XML data intact into a relational database structure, allowing users to take full advantage of the relational database capabilities.
• The ability to manage both relational and XML data enables strong runtime performance and lowers storage and development costs.

Increase scalability with DB2 pureScale

• DB2 pureScale helps you manage online transaction processing (OLTP) applications on distributed systems.
• DB2 pureScale is highly reliable clustering technology. This feature improves data availability and provides scalability that is transparent to applications.

Reduce storage costs with compression capabilities

• Deep compression helps reduce data storage needs by providing data compression on backup systems, thus decreasing the use of expensive disk space.
• Since storage subsystems can easily exceed the cost of your data server, even a small reduction can result in substantial cost savings.

Minimize downtime with high availability

• Ensures critical databases remain available 24x7. DB2 High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) allows failover from a primary or standby server to be accomplished quickly, resulting in minimal down time.
• An easy-setup utility guides you through the steps to set up and configure the primary and standby servers.

Security and audit capabilities protect your data

• Protects your data with authentication, encryption, and authorization checks.
• The audit facility monitors data access and keeps records of activities on the database system.

Productivity tools for developers and administrators

• Programming enhancements make it easier for non-DB2 developers to write applications for DB2 with their existing skills. Save time with procedure-building and debugging features.
• Automated tasks such as memory allocation, storage management, and business policy maintenance help free up database administrators (DBAs) to focus on strategic projects.