News, views, and items of interest on IBM's Db2 database management system and mainframes.
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Db2 for z/OS Lock Escalation: When Fine-Grained Locking Becomes a Problem
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One of the primary goals of Db2 for z/OS locking is to maximize concurrency while maintaining data integrity. In a perfect world, every appl...
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Concurrency vs. Throughput in Db2
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As Db2 DBAs we often find ourselves chasing two elusive targets: speed and capacity. We want our systems to handle everything all at once, a...
Thursday, May 14, 2026
The Mullins 5‑Step Performance Diagnosis Framework
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In the complex ecosystem of enterprise mainframes and hybrid cloud environments, performance tuning often feels like chasing ghosts in the m...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
A SQL review workflow
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It is important to review SQL statements during testing... certainly before they get to production! A good SQL review workflow shouldn’t fee...
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
A High-Level Guide for Db2 Database Health Checks
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Here’s a practical, field-tested 10-point Db2 database health check you can use to quickly assess the state of your environment and identi...
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