Chapter 42. DRDA

When speaking about distributed DB2 data, it is necessary to first understand DRDA. DRDA stands for Distributed Relational Database Architecture. It is an architecture, developed by IBM, that enables relational data to be distributed among multiple platforms. Both like and unlike platforms can communicate with one another. For example, one DB2 subsystem can communicate to another DB2 subsystem (like). Alternately, a DB2 subsystem can communicate with a third-party RDBMS (unlike). The platforms need not be the same. As long as they both conform to the DRDA specifications, they can communicate. ...

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