Chapter 28. Tuning DB2’s Environment

System tuning for DB2 performance can be applied outside DB2—to the environment in which DB2 operates—or inside DB2—to the components of DB2 or under DB2’s control. This chapter concentrates on the tuning of DB2’s environment.

Tuning the z/OS Environment

Operating system tuning is a complex task best accomplished by extensively trained technicians. All DB2 users, however, should understand the basics of z/OS resource exploitation and the avenues for tuning it. Operating system tuning, as it affects DB2 performance, can be broken down into four areas:

• Memory use

• CPU use

• I/O use

• Operating system environment parameters ...

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