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Ubuntu Certified for IBM DB2

Posted by Hemos on from the making-it-work dept.

xsspd2004 writes "Ubuntu Certified for IBM DB2 -- Ubuntu is moving into Enterprise computing with IBM's certification of Ubuntu as "Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux". "

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  1. Dupe by ghee22 · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/ 0547215&tid=163&tid=190

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  2. Two reasons you would use DB2 on Linux by DenialS · · Score: 5, Informative
    DB2 really isn't too hard to install on Ubuntu -- see the DB2 HOWTO for instructions.

    One good reason to use DB2 is that neither MySQL nor PostgreSQL can scale to the same size of database as DB2. Using DB2's "Distributed Partitioning Facility", or DPF, with DB2 Enterprise Server Edition you can partition data over hundreds of machines using a shared-nothing approach. This means you can create a data warehouse of a hundred terabytes that 1) appears to your applications as just a single database 2) retrieves query results blazing fast (this is the "shared nothing" part; each machine knows what data it is responsible for, so a query that comes in to the database is automatically distributed to the responsble machines, which go off and do their work, then return the results to a single co-ordinator that pipes them back to the application -- it's like RAID-0 for databases).

    It's certainly possible to create a multi-terabyte database using MySQL or PostgreSQL -- but you're going to be waiting way the hell longer to get a result back from your queries.

    Reason 2: You get support from IBM. IBM lives and dies by its enterprise level support -- 24x7 customer service around the world. Sure, you can purchase support from MySQL AB or from some PostgreSQL shop, but it's not going to approach the level of service that you'll get from IBM. In fact, to get a level of support comparable to what IBM offers for DB2 Express at $4874 for the first year and $1218/year for support after the first year, you would need to buy MySQL Network Gold for $2995/year. So after two years, going with DB2 Express will actually cost you less than half of what MySQL support will cost!

  3. Re:Acrobat by jZnat · · Score: 4, Informative

    Clear out your Acrobat plugins folder (the ones that load on startup) to dramatically improve performance.

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  4. better link - not a pdf by rubycodez · · Score: 4, Informative

    here are the Linux distros which are validated (including Ubuntu x86) and also those "validated and reccommended"

  5. Re:Well done! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I have an mx4000. great little low-priced 3d graphics card!
    Anyway, apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-settings

    then after all that, run sudo nvidia-glx-config

    restart X. voila, things work fine for me.

  6. HTML Version by compwiz312 · · Score: 2, Informative

    HTML Version

  7. Re:Well done! by JaniHalinen · · Score: 3, Informative

    Only one problem... I can't get my nVidia card to install the GLX drivers. Not that I have EVER been able to do that under Linux on that box... but that's another story.

    http://ubuntuguide.org/#installnvidiadriver/

    I used those instructions to install Nvidia drivers for my laptop. Works great.