IBM Db2 Standard Edition Hourly License Subscription for Amazon RDS

Overview

The IBM Db2 Standard Edition Hourly License Subscription provides instant access to IBM® Db2® Standard Edition VPC licenses to use with Amazon RDS for Db2 (https://aws.amazon.com/rds/db2/ ), providing customers easy to manage Db2 databases optimized for total cost of ownership. Customers benefit from Amazon RDS for Db2 by getting access to secure and highly available deployments, spending less time on tedious administrative tasks, and integrating natively with AWS and IBM tools. With the Db2 Standard Edition Hourly License Subscription, which seamlessly operates on RDS for Db2, you can take advantage of on-demand licenses to simplify scaling and avoid over-provisioning. Db2 Standard Edition supports instances up to 16 virtual processor cores (VPC) and 128 GB of memory. For larger instances use the Db2 Advanced Edition: https://ibm.biz/Db2AEAWSMkt 

IBM® Db2® is a cloud-native database built on decades of expertise in bringing data governance and security, low-latency transactions, and continuous availability to mission critical data, analytics, and AI-driven applications. With support for mixed transactional and analytical workloads, it provides a single place for DBAs, enterprise architects, and developers to keep apps running, store and query anything, and simplify development. No matter the volume or complexity of transactions, make your applications secure, highly performant, and resilient with IBM Db2. To learn more, go to: https://www.ibm.com/products/db2-database 

Amazon RDS for Db2 automates time-consuming, repetitive administrative tasks, such as provisioning, backup/restore, and software patching, freeing DBAs to focus on higher value work like application modernization and query optimization. The deployment of the Db2 database engine is hyper-secure to help ensure businesses keep their most sensitive data with them and support compliance programs, such as HIPAA, FedRAMP, and more. Automated Amazon RDS Multi-AZ (Availability Zone) replication ensures that operations are always on, minimizing the impact of disruptions. The offering integrates with key AWS services like AWS Key Management Service, AWS Identity and Access Management, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Database Migration Service, Amazon S3, and others, along with IBM data and AI SaaS running on AWS, such as IBM® Db2® Warehouse and IBM® watsonx.data™ data store, providing businesses with a full stack of data, analytics, and AI capabilities.

For customized Db2 pricing contact your IBM Sales Representative or sign up for a demo here: https://ibm.biz/Db2RDSDemo 

Highlights

• Managed service with built in isolation and security that allows you to spend more time building, less time managing.

• Automated backups, snapshots, and failover to support durability of business-critical workloads along with high availability and automated Multi-AZ data replication.

• Get started on Amazon RDS for Db2 instantly with on-demand licenses and avoid the cost of over-provisioning with variable consumption.