DB2 Performance Maintenance - Avoid Database Reorgs

Adjust Your FREEPAGE and PCTFREE for Growth

The proper free space settings along with the appropriate allocations detailed last week can help you avoid any reorgs for a long time while your database grows. Properly setting your free space is done through the FREEPAGE and . . . → Read More: DB2 Performance Maintenance – Avoid Database Reorgs

DB2 Performance Maintenance - Saving Resources and CPU with the Correct Setting

Last week I talked about the basics of evaluating DB2 for z/OS and LUW compression. DB2 compression saves a huge amount of disk storage space and improves performance by eliminating I/O within your system. This week we talk about the performance implications of some other table space settings. If your database tables suffer performance problems, have bad SQL access paths and need constant reorgs, there are a number of table space settings that can help you avoid reorgs, minimize outages and help your . . . → Read More: DB2 Performance Maintenance – Saving Resources and CPU with the Correct Setting

DB2 Performance Maintenance – Saving All the Money and Space Possible

Thank you all for the comments about last week’s blog. With the queries from last week you were able to see the various settings within your PLAN and PACKAGE environment and some were surprised with what they found. Some of you discovered extreme or a few rogue situations within your plan and package settings.

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DB2 Performance Maintenance – Get All the Cache

DB2 Clean up – Close Out the Past

As I said last week, within every DB2 LUW or DB2 z/OS systems there are things that always need to be cleaned up. This week we look into the DB2 Plan and Package settings. These settings can . . . → Read More: DB2 Performance Maintenance – Get All the Cache

DB2 Performance Maintenance - Trust But Verify

DB2 Clean up – Close Out the Past

As I said last week, within every DB2 LUW or DB2 z/OS systems there are things that always need to be cleaned up. This week it’s recommended that you look into your various program’s plan and package . . . → Read More: DB2 Performance Maintenance – Trust But Verify

DB2 Performance Maintenance - start off the New Year right!

DB2 Clean Up – Close Out the Past

Within every DB2 LUW or DB2 z/OS systems there are things that always need to be cleaned up. Test systems with unused databases, production jobs that need their schedule tweaked, reorgs for tables or indexes that need . . . → Read More: DB2 Performance Maintenance – Start Off the New Year Right!