DB2 on z/OS

[F]

Whats the difference of DB2 on say windows/linux machine vs DB2 on AIX or
DB2 on z/OS ?

I am new to this platform of z/OS. Is it the same as an AS/400 ? and is it
considered a mainframe ?

Whats the underlying hardware for DB2 on z/OS ?

Also, whats IMS ? How does DB2 differ from IMS ?

Can DB2 and IMS coexist on the same z/OS hardware ?

[Serge Rielau]

F wrote:

Thanks Mark...

How would you differentiate a mainframe ( say z/OS) from say midrange
proprietary computer ( AS/400 )

How do you protect your IMS/DB2 databases from a High Availability and
Disaster Recovery perspective ?

Is the mainframe hardware just one box or a set of nodes ? How many
CPUs/memory does it have ? What kind of CPU ? Is it SAN attached like
from EMC or is it more proprietary IBM based storage ?

What exactly is a transaction processor ?

I know all of this can be found on the IBM website but its nice to get
short and sweet answers like you have provided to my earlier questions.
Very kind of you.

F,

Would you mind motivating your questions? Are you asking out of academic
interest? Do you need to make a purchase decision?
If the later I strongly encourage you hire a consultant who will help
you to find the right platform for your business needs.

Cheers
Serge

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Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab

[F]

Serge,

No its the former... curiosity and as you said academic interest.

"Serge Rielau" <sr*****@ca.ibm.comwrote in message
news:63*************@mid.individual.net...

>F wrote:

>Thanks Mark...

How would you differentiate a mainframe ( say z/OS) from say midrange
proprietary computer ( AS/400 )

How do you protect your IMS/DB2 databases from a High Availability and
Disaster Recovery perspective ?

Is the mainframe hardware just one box or a set of nodes ? How many
CPUs/memory does it have ? What kind of CPU ? Is it SAN attached like
from EMC or is it more proprietary IBM based storage ?

What exactly is a transaction processor ?

I know all of this can be found on the IBM website but its nice to get
short and sweet answers like you have provided to my earlier questions.
Very kind of you.

F,

Would you mind motivating your questions? Are you asking out of academic
interest? Do you need to make a purchase decision?
If the later I strongly encourage you hire a consultant who will help you
to find the right platform for your business needs.

Cheers
Serge

--
Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab

[Mark A]

"F" <[e-mail] in message
news:fr**********@registered.motzarella.org...

Serge,

No its the former... curiosity and as you said academic interest.

I don't know if you will find your answers at the IBM website, but you can
start googling. Or better yet find someone who can explain it to you. Your
questions too broad to be answered in a forum like this.

[Jeroen van den Broek]

On Mar 10, 6:19*am, "Mark A" <[e-mail]:

"F" <[e-mail] in message

news:fr**********@registered.motzarella.org...

Serge,

No its the former... curiosity and as you said academic interest.

I don't know if you will find your answers at the IBM website, but you can
start googling. Or better yet find someone who can explain it to you. Your
questions too broad to be answered in a forum like this.

Actually, IBM has a very nice "Information Center" just for this
purpose, the "z/OS Basic Skills Information Center" found here:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce...oc/lcmain.html

Amongst many more, it has following links to start with:
1. z/OS Concepts:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce.../zconcepts.pdf
2. Glossary of z/OS terms:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce.../zglossary.pdf
3. Interactive courses for mainframe hardware, ISPF and JCL:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce.../zcourses.html
4. A very nice z/OS System Overview poster:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce...iew_poster.pdf

And more on System Programming, Application Programming, Networking,
Security, Problem Management, <...>

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Jeroen