The DB2 Family of Products consists of DB2 Universal Database (UDB) and DB2 Connect, as well as some associated DB2 products. Each product is available in different versions that address the needs of today's marketplace. This section provides a brief description of the IBM DB2 Family of Products:
DB2 Universal Database
DB2 Universal Database Enterprise - Extended Edition offers the ability to partition a database across multiple independent machines of a common platform. To the end-user and application developer, the partitioned database still appears as a single database on a single machine. This fully scalable database system enables an application to use multiple machines for a database that is too large for a single machine to handle efficiently. SQL operations and utilities can execute in parallel both within and between the individual database partitions, which can speed up the execution time of a single query or command.
DB2 Universal Database Enterprise - Extended Edition includes DB2 Connect functionality that allows access to DB2 databases on AS/400, MVS/ESA, OS/390, VM, or VSE systems. This product also includes the Federated Database Object Support feature which provides transparent read access to a collection of heterogeneous and semiautonomous data sources, and the ability to perform Distributed Requests.
This product is currently available for AIX, Solaris, and Windows NT operating systems.
DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition also includes the DB2 Connect functionality that allows access to DB2 databases on AS/400, MVS/ESA, OS/390, VM, and VSE systems. This product also includes the Federated Database Object Support feature which provides transparent read access to a collection of heterogeneous and semiautonomous data sources, and the ability to perform Distributed Requests.
This product is currently available on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, OS/2, Solaris and Windows NT operating systems.
This product is currently available for Linux, OS/2, and Windows NT.
DB2 Personal Edition can also act as a client to access remote DB2 servers and can accept inbound Administration Client requests to remotely manage its resources.
This product is currently available for OS/2, Linux, Windows 9x, and Windows NT.
This product is currently available for Windows 9x and Windows NT.
DB2 Connect
DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition enables local and remote client applications to create, update, control, and manage DB2 databases and host systems using Structured Query Language (SQL), DB2 APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), SQLJ (Embedded SQLJ for Java), or DB2 CLI (Call Level Interface). In addition, DB2 Connect supports Microsoft Windows data interfaces such as ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), Remote Data Objects (RDO), and OLE DB.
DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition is currently available for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, OS/2, Solaris, and Windows NT operating systems. These servers provide support for applications running on Windows 3.1, Windows 9x, Windows NT, UNIX (AIX, SCO UnixWare 7, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, Silicon Graphics IRIX, SINIX), OS/2, and Apple Macintosh workstations.
DB2 Connect Personal Edition provides access from a single workstation to DB2 databases residing on servers such as MVS/ESA, OS/390, OS/400, VM and VSE, as well as to DB2 Universal Database servers on Windows NT, UNIX, and OS/2. DB2 Connect Personal Edition provides the same rich set of APIs as DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition, and also features integrated SNA support on all Windows platforms.
This product is currently available for OS/2, Linux, Windows 9x, and Windows NT operating systems.
Associated DB2 Products
DB2 Universal Developer's Edition contains a collection of DB2 Universal Database servers, DB2 clients, DB2 Connect products, DB2 Software Developer's Kits, extenders for audio, video, image, and text, and application development tools for all supported operating systems.
The DB2 Personal Developer's Edition contains a collection of DB2 Universal Database servers, DB2 clients, DB2 Connect Personal Edition, DB2 Software Developer's Kits, extenders for audio, video, image, and text, and application development tools for all supported operating systems.
DB2 Run-Time Client CD-ROMs are included with all DB2 server and DB2 Developer's Edition product packages.
A DB2 Administration Client provides the ability for workstations from a variety of platforms to access and administer DB2 databases. These workstations are known as DB2 Administration Clients. The DB2 Administration Client that matches the operating system of the DB2 product that is installed is included as a component with all DB2 Universal Database and DB2 Connect products.
The DB2 Administration Client has all of the features of the DB2 Run-Time Client and also includes all the DB2 Administration GUI tools, documentation, and support for Thin Clients. The DB2 Administration Client CD-ROMs are included with all DB2 server and DB2 Developer's Edition product packages.
This product is currently available for AIX and Windows NT operating systems.
This product is currently available for AIX and Solaris operating systems.