Stream: Nurburgring
Time: 14:30 - 15:30
This intermediate level presentation quickly covers the history of compression in Db2 for z/OS, from V3.1 to Db2 12. We will review the original tablespace row compression, index compression, LOB compression, and Huffman compression, with a glance at some application performance considerations.
Having graduated in Computer Science at Aberystwyth in 1990, Marcus has worked with mainframes ever since, as a programmer, systems programmer, consultant, database administrator, production support hero, production support villain and management piñata for various companies. He is now lead product developer for BMC Software. He holds an MBCS, CEng, CITP, and more often than not, a glass of wine. He is an IBM Champion, joint chairman of the UK Db2 User Group, a member of the IDUG Content Committee and the GSE Conference Planning Committee. In his spare time, he is a STEM Ambassador, leading Code Clubs in Welsh-speaking junior schools, and thrilling the next generation at the prospect of technology as a career.
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