Efficient Software Development with DB2 for OS/390

Efficient Software Development Jürgens book points out how to ensure professional and efficient database software development in DB2 mainframe and client/server environments. The asset of this book is that technical aspects (performance, tuning) and organizational measures (performance under economical considerations) are covered. As a consequence, this book is suitable for organizations that want to make use of DB2 in an economical and safe way.

Work in various large-scale productions systems with DB2 revealed that most performance problems arise either from a certain transaction load onwards or at specifically large tables. A bundle of measures can be taken in order to grasp and solve these problems during software development and not, as often encountered, only in production environment. Beneath the explanation of the reasons for performance problems this book describes in detail approved measures to avoid thes kinds of problems.