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Day 3 at IDUG EMEA – DB2 pureScale

By Iqbal Goralwalla Today was a DB2 pureScale day for me and yes, I did manage to pass a certification exam as well! The pressure is off! The day started with an excellent presentation by Steve Rees (IBM) on performance … Continue reading

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Looking forward to IDUG EMEA

It’s the final countdown to IDUG EMEA!  We’re really looking forward to the event this year, there’s so much going on.  We’re sending three of our top DB2 Geeks.  Julian Stuhler will be heading out to Prague early as he … Continue reading

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Latest Confessions of a DB2 Geek Podcast available to download

In the latest installment in the “Confessions of a DB2 Geek” podcast series we go back to looking at DB2 pureScale.  Our resident expert James Gill talks about Triton’s very own Commodity Cluster and what we have learnt from installing … Continue reading

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DB2 pureScale – all you need to know

We’ve been doing a lot of work and producing a lot of articles, webcasts and general information on DB2 pureScale over the last 12 months.  So here is a list of links to everything we have produced on DB2 pureScale.  … Continue reading

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Black Friday causes seasonal workload spikes – how did you cope?

Paypal today shared it’s transaction figures for Black Friday - 26th November – (traditionally the busiest online shopping day of the year).  Transactions went up by 27% on last year and spending amounts were up 19% compared with a normal Friday. http://www.gadgetvenue.com/paypal-black-friday-statistics-reveal-transactions-27-11290007/  … Continue reading

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DB2 pureScale – not just for the techies!

Over the last few months there has been much interest and excitement about DB2 pureScale, mainly from the technical DB2 community.  Our own technical team have certainly been impressed with the advances IBM have made for DB2 LUW.  However, although … Continue reading

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DB2 pureScale demonstration – Dynamic Capacity & Scalability

This live demo shows how DB2 pureScale can be used to increase or decrease capacity dynamically to help organisations cope with spikes in workload. For more information on DB2 pureScale visit – www.triton.co.uk/purescale/

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DB2 pureScale availability demo – Member Failure & Recovery

In this video our resident DB2 pureScale expert, James Gill shares a live demonstration of what happens when a member fails in a DB2 pureScale cluster. For more information on DB2 pureScale visit www.triton.co.uk/purescale/

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Day 2 at IDUG EMEA

Today was basically a DB2 pureScale day for me and many midrange folks. Matt Huras and Aamer Sachedina gave excellent presentations giving an overview of pureScale and a deep dive into cluster services and monitoring and a walk-through hardware and … Continue reading

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Last chance to register for Episode 3 – DB2 pureScale Availability and Data Recovery Webcast

12th October 3pm – also availabale on demand after the event.  Register to receive the on demand webcast. Join Triton and the IBM DB2 pureScale lab team to learn about how DB2 pureScale can be used for availability & data … Continue reading

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