DB2 9 and 10: Database Performance and Availability

Many organizations are migrating to DB2 9 and looking to exploit many of the SQL and application performance features. DB2 10 is now available in beta with many additional performance and availability features. We also have the possibility of a skip migration from DB2 Version 8 to DB2 10. There are many issues to consider when migrating and we need to remember what we are trying to accomplish when migrating and what we are looking to use to achieve high performance for our applications. Both releases offer many great features and we need to take a detailed look at these to see which features are going to best help us achieve our goals.