IBM Says New DB2 Will Require Less Storage

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A key shortcoming of IBM's DB2 database is that it requires massive storage, but the company is promising to change that with its forthcoming release, due out this summer.

A new feature in that next version, code-named Viper, will apply compression to data at the row level, according to Jeff Jones, director of strategy for IBM's information-management software. Rows in database are the key data components in a horizontal field.

Although it's not the first time IBM has applied compression to DB2, Jones says the latest compression technology, called Venom, can cut in half the amount of storage needed for large data warehouses. In some instances, the compression ration was as high as 72 percent, he adds.

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