DB2 Viper really will have Venom!

There will be new data-compression technology, named VENOM, available in DB2 Viper that IBM believes could cut disk space requirements by over 50%.
It will work in a similar way to most compression software, by applying algorithms that will index repetitive duplicate data entries in new "dictionaries"

Clearly some DB2 tables will benefit substantially more than others, and the Venom compression Software will be available to be applied at table level.

IBM has tried DB2 compression before but the rumblings are that they have cracked it this time - so maybe we can look forward to some freed up IT budgets !!

More at:
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=4840

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