business partners is solid and unchanged. With
our clearly defined processor and software
roadmap, we are making substantial investments
in the future of IBM i as an important, strategic
element in the IBM systems portfolio.
New IBM white paper
Includes information about the IBM i market, Power
Systems and IBM i roadmaps, plus the latest information
on POWER7 and IBM i 7.1
–New Solid State Drive support with unique IBM i performance advantages
–New DB2 for i functional and performance enhancements
–New DB2 Web Query product (replacement for Query/400)
–New Compliance Security Features
–New Data Encryption during disk and tape backup, BRMS support
–New Java Virtual Machine, shared with AIX & Linux
–New Integrated Web Application Server for less sophisticated Java apps
–New Systems Director Navigator web-based console
–New PowerHA disk clustering
–New IBM i on Power Blade support for BladeCenter
–New PowerVM virtual storage for IBM i partitions
–New SAN DS8000 performance optimization
and much more….
IBM i 6.1 is a cornerstone release for strategic initiatives which follow.
information between customers, suppliers,
and partners
Rich XML Support now available with DB2 for i
1.XML data type stores XML documents supporting database operations
2.Decompose (shred) XML documents into relational columns
3.Generate XML documents from existing relational data
OmniFind Text Search Server provides
support for searching XML documents
–Search elements of an XML document (e.g., customer name = Smith)
–SQL statements use OmniFind to search the XML documents
–Available with IBM i for no additional charge
–Allows for transparent (no application changes) encryption of a
specific column in a database table accessed through SQL or
native
–Solutions from tool providers including Patrick Townsend, and
Linoma Software supply encryption algorithms
Application Developers
–MERGE, Array support, Global Variables, and consuming
result sets in RPG allows for more powerful and efficient
programming
Performance
–Adaptive Query Processing can modify query plan while the
query is running to significantly improve performance
–Advanced SQE query optimizer now supports native logical
files
Management
–New tooling to monitor long running operations
–SQL_CANCEL procedure to cancel long running queries.
–Random or Sequential I/O statistics to identify tables that can
benefit from SSDs
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Name
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On-Demand Performance
Center
–Rich tools for DB2 for i
–Including Visual Explain
–Adaptive Query Processing
can automatically build an
index to replace table scan
…taking queries from
30 minutes to 1 minute
Make Better Business Decisions and Improve Customer Service
New functions for IBM i 5.4, 6.1 and 7.1
–Security Enhancements
• Change password from within DB2 Web Query
• Enhanced meta data control
–Administrative Enhancements
• Change Management
• New WRKWEBQRY functions simplifies admin
–Performance Enhancements
• Improved internal processing
• Improved analysis capabilities
–Usability/Functional Enhancements
• Improved Dashboard development
• Active Reports usability enhancements
–Additional application or data source support
DB2 Web Query supports querying XML
documents with IBM i 7.1
DB2 Web Query provides an integrated Query/400 replacement product with Business
Intelligence extensions that offer rich functionality and breakthrough performance
IBM i 6.1 can host I/O for i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
Minimize change while deploying new release
AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat partitions
iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter
Deploy new IBM i 7.1 partitions
IBM i 7.1 can host I/O for i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
Continue to run applications with IBM i 6.1 while
leveraging new capabilities of IBM i 7.1
AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat partitions
iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter
PowerVM VIOS can host
VIOS
IBM i 6.1
VIOS
IBM i 7.1
VIOS
IBM i 7.1IBM i 6.1
POWER6 & POWER7
VIOS
IBM i 7.1IBM i 6.1
POWER6 & POWER7
IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
AIX and Linux partitions
VIOS supports advanced virtualization technologies
including Active Memory Sharing and NPIV
IBM i 6.1.1 or 7.1 can be hosted by dual PowerVM
Virtual IO Servers for added high availability
Storage Virtualization can reduce costs
while improving IT infrastructure flexibility