Up tp 3x the performance per core. As low as 1/3 the cost.

Even more reasons to choose IBM DB2 over Oracle® Database.

Are you struggling with high database maintenance costs, cluster performance and tuning challenges, and ever-increasing workloads for your staff? Consider IBM DB2®:

• DB2 on Power® can deliver up to 3x the performance per core than Oracle Database on SPARC, per results on two different benchmarks.¹
• DB2 can be as low as 1/3 the cost of Oracle Database.²
• DB2 has better scale-out efficiency, superior system reliability and easier administration.
• DB2 is uniquely optimized for running SAP® applications.

It is easy to move applications from Oracle Database to DB2; we have seen clients take an application based on Oracle 9i (and higher) and stand it up on DB2 in two weeks.

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  DB2 runs on average 98% of Oracle PL/SQL code unchanged.³ (US)

  Breakthrough database compatibility makes the move easier than you may think.

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  Grow with your business through database clusters made easy. (US)

  DB2's cluster capability delivers database scalability and availability unmatched on UNIX or Linux systems, while maintaining application transparency.

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  Amplify the ROI from SAP applications with DB2 and Power Systems™. (US)

  Thanks to the deep partnership between IBM and SAP, DB2 is uniquely optimized for running SAP applications and uniquely integrated with SAP system management tools.

¹Results on TPC-C: www.tpc.org (http://www.tpc.org) as of 4/3/2012 [IBM Power 780 (3 x 64 C)(24 Ch/192 C/768 Th); 10,366,254 tpmC; $1.38/tpmC; avail 10/13/10 v. Oracle SPARC SuperCluster w/T3-4 Servers (27 x 64 C)(108 Ch/1728 C/13824 Th); 30,249,688 tpmC; $1.01/tpmC; avail 6/1/11]. TPC-C is a trademark of Transaction Performance Processing Council. Results on two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark, as of April 3, 2012: IBM Power 795 (32 processors, 256 cores, 1,024 threads) achieved 126,063 SAP SD benchmark users running the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0, AIX 7.1 and DB2 9.7; certification number 2010046 v. Oracle SPARC Enterprise Server M9000 (64 processors, 256 cores, 512 threads), which achieved 39,100 SAP SD benchmark users running SAP ERP 6.0, Solaris 10, Oracle 10g; certification number 2008042. SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and several other countries.
²Cost: based on publicly avail U.S. pricing info as of 4/3/2012 for IBM DB2 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition + Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software w/added priced products/features to provide comparable functionality. IBM prices exclude applicable taxes, and are subject to change by IBM without notice. IBM: assumes 100 Processor Value Units. Oracle: assumes 1.0 processor core factor. Both including Y1 maintenance/support. Cost comparison is NOT based on the specific benchmarks listed on this page.
³Based on internal tests and reported client experience from 28 Sep 2011 to 07 Mar 2012.

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