Db2 pureScale — Deployment just became [even] easier!
Earlier this year Db2 pureScale deployments were made available as a bring-your-own-license (BYOL) option through the AWS Marketplace with a pre-packaged template and point/click interface. This significantly simplifies the deployment process. It facilitates setting up a pureScale cluster from what used to be weeks or months to less than an hour. In his latest article, Iqbal Goralwalla reflects on the pureScale deployment journey, what it was and what it is now.
pureScale born — Data Sharing now on Db2
Arguably one of IBM’s most important features for Db2, pureScale was announced more than 10 years ago, back in October 2009. It quickly caught the attention of the industry. Based on leading System Z data sharing technology, Db2 pureScale integrates IBM technologies to keep critical systems highly performant and highly available.
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The initial deployment however had stringent requirements — IBM Power servers, AIX as the operating system, and InfiniBand network to allow for high-speed, low-latency communication between the members and the PowerHA pureScale servers. It was no surprise then that our team had to go to the only place that housed a pureScale environment in Europe, the IBM Labs in Boeblingen, Germany to gain some hands-on experience on Db2 V9.8.
