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About rpillai

I am a technology enthusiasts and love to work with databases and other technology. Learning new things everyday and don't think the path ever ends ...

A quick overview of DB2′s INGEST

As a DB2 DBA or as data integrator we all face a challenge in loading large amount of data into DB2 database while up keeping the 24×7 availability of the tables.  Traditionally we use LOAD or sometimes IMPORT while loading … Continue reading

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Happy New Year !

To all my readers… Wish y’all a Very Happy New Year !

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DB2 V10 Adaptive Compression

Last February, I wrote about DB2′s compression.  If that was McLaren, with DB2 V9.7′s compression, IBM upgraded to Lamborghini Aventador. Apparently IBM’s thirst didn’t stop there, they went one more step ahead and got the Bugatti Veyron with DB2 V10′s … Continue reading

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ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE

Have you ever had to move a table from one tablespace to another ?  If you haven’t then you haven’t been working with lot of large tables. Ask a dba who supports SAP, Siebel or PeopleSoft database.  Traditionally when a … Continue reading

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