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History of IBM DB2 Neeraj Mishra The Crazy Programmer

Db2 or Database 2, is a collection of relational database solutions developed by IBM and delivered on the mainframe platform. It is a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that is used to efficiently store, analyze, and retrieve data. Db2 solutions include operational databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and rapid data. It also includes Object-Oriented features and non-relational structure. The Db2 family helps your organization explore the value of AI by making your data simple and accessible. Brief History DB2 was originally exclusively available on IBM mainframes, but by the 1990s, it had migrated to a variety of other platforms, including LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows), i5/OS, and even PDAs. The Universal Server moved the technology to an object-related SQL DBMS, allowing developers to create custom data types from more primitive ones. It shared-nothing architecture, which distributes a database across many, networked Db2 servers for scalability. Db2 Enterprise include