John Campbell's Greatest Hits, War Stories and Best Practice 2024 Part Two

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Stream: Db2
Time: 10:00 - 10:45

Presentation

Objectives:

1. Learn recommended best practice

2. Learn from the good, bad and ugly experiences from other installations

3. Provide answers to important, frequent or difficult questions

Abstract

Enhancements to Fast Traversal Block (FTB) feature

Considerations using Contiguous Buffer Pool

Use of large index page size

Changes in behavior after migrating to UTS

War story insert processing with MEMBER CLUSTER

Considerations when collecting column frequency statistics

Increase in false lock contention when using data sharing

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Speakers

John Campbell at Triton Consulting

John’s career began at Rolls Royce Aero Division in 1974. He then moved to IBM, taking on pivotal technical roles, including Lead for UK Technical Support for Db2 for z/OS. In 1994, he went on assignment to the IBM Silicon Valley Lab in San Jose as a senior performance analyst/engineer for Db2 Versions 3 and 4, with specific lead responsibility for Db2 Data Sharing. In 1998, he permanently joined Db2 for z/OS Development and in 2003 he was appointed as an IBM Distinguished Engineer. He has received multiple IBM Corporate Technical Recognition Awards and is an IDUG Hall of Fame Speaker. In August 2022, after over 40 years at IBM John retired from his role as an IBM Distinguished Engineer. In Jan 2024 John joined the Triton team as a Senior Consultant.

Email: john.campbell@triton.co.uk

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