IBM Db2
IBM Db2 | IBM Db2 Developer-C 11.1.4.4Linux/Unix, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Good software by IBM
What do you like best about the product?
Can handle high volume of data.
Secure.
Drivers are easy to install.
Secure.
Drivers are easy to install.
What do you dislike about the product?
Software installation is complex.
Sometime not compatible with the application developed in Java.
Sometime not compatible with the application developed in Java.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Storing, Querying and Extracting large data.
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Best Product
What do you like best about the product?
I love the fact that this product works well with our GOV systems. Working for TSA & Homeland Security tends to put a hinder on what you can actually use on machines.
What do you dislike about the product?
I really cant say i dislike a lot about it except the login process is sometimes tedious as our tokens tend to lock on login most times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are solving the EDW database initiative as well as EDWPRD database initializing for Windows 10 from 7.
Simple but not extensive
What do you like best about the product?
Maintains itself good.
Use of NEARSYNC, ASYNC and High Availability Disaster Recovery models give a range of options for maintaining a very high uptime ratio.
Automatic storage help keep your data segmented
Use of NEARSYNC, ASYNC and High Availability Disaster Recovery models give a range of options for maintaining a very high uptime ratio.
Automatic storage help keep your data segmented
What do you dislike about the product?
Not easy to configure.
Complex configuration.
Compatibility on different platforms.
Complex configuration.
Compatibility on different platforms.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used it to pull from that data pool with minimal response times.
To store and organize huge databases.To test new software features.
To store and organize huge databases.To test new software features.
Must have for business
What do you like best about the product?
It best suited for enterprise businesses which require a low cost, low maintenance solution for improved transnational DB queries to fulfill the business requirement on a frequent basis
What do you dislike about the product?
Require improvement in data manipulation and query processing. Could use a simple user interface.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using DB2 for cognos report back end. For the people who are unfamiliar with SQL it can be a little difficult to learn.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Use it if you require a product with low cost and maintenance. If not, go for SQL.
Buainess Systems Analyst
What do you like best about the product?
The stability of the application is what I like the best
What do you dislike about the product?
The application is old compared to other new database management applications
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Many enterprise applications are integrated with DB2.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Compare with other applications before implementing
IBM's robust DBaaS & Cloud support
What do you like best about the product?
Extremely easy to setup, manage migration and focused
Strong task scheduler that helps to collect statistical data
Tablespace usage and automatic storage help keep your data segmented while at rest. This maks partitioning easier
Ability to run commands by CLI makes administration easy
Strong task scheduler that helps to collect statistical data
Tablespace usage and automatic storage help keep your data segmented while at rest. This maks partitioning easier
Ability to run commands by CLI makes administration easy
What do you dislike about the product?
Db2 has very few region options and this impacts your performance and compliance requirements
License is expensive
You cannot run multiple secondary nodes or cluster without additional software purchases; in some cases third party tools
License is expensive
You cannot run multiple secondary nodes or cluster without additional software purchases; in some cases third party tools
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easy of database administration and strong / robust fail over requirement.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Robust database as service that was be extended through the cloud
DB2 from my experience
What do you like best about the product?
DB2 is a free to download, use and redistribute edition
What do you dislike about the product?
Doesn’t support XML and Operating system OS X. limited programming language support as compared to Oracle 11.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used Db2 some time back in multiple projects of our client AIG. We used Db2 as our relation database for Pega. It’s license was cheaper as compared to oracle.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I will recommend this to all project where we have limited license budget for Database.
DB2 review
What do you like best about the product?
IBM Db2 is a DB used by developers because they can use it without the assistance of a database administrator, even with minimal skills.
What do you dislike about the product?
Slight on the higher side when it comes to pricing
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using as a DB for Fault management system in sync with Netcool
Operational Database
What do you like best about the product?
It's very robust to handle real-time transactions. We have hosted some critical systems like Point of Sale on DB2 and it does its job very well without causing much maintenance to DBA
What do you dislike about the product?
Licensing has been one of the pain with DB2. Also, scalability has been other concerns and thus we have been looking into some NoSQL databases for our future applications
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
DB2 is very good at processing real-time transactions and thus it has been at the heart of our websites and all POS Systems. Another important application with DB2 has been in our pharmacies to have our data secured & protected to meet all related compliance
Better alternative available
What do you like best about the product?
It is compatible with various ERP systems which are used by organizations. Software is effective
What do you dislike about the product?
Not enough resources around available who are trained in it and the training new ones is very expensive since it is not in demand in market
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it as the database for our PeopleSoft system
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Check out alternatives,
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