IBM Db2 & Db2 Warehouse on Azure (Bring Your Own Cloud)

IBM Db2 and Db2 Warehouse SaaS on Microsoft Azure is an enterprise-grade, cloud-native database engine - securely deployed within your Azure environment to run mission-critical workloads. This offering, using the Bring Your Own Cloud model enables you to deploy fully managed, high-performance database services directly within your own Azure environment, combining IBM’s proven data capabilities with the flexibility and control of Azure.

Key Benefits

• Data Residency & Compliance
  Deploy within your own Azure subscription to meet strict regulatory, governance, and data sovereignty requirements.
• Seamless Cloud Integration
  Co-locate data and applications within your Azure environment for improved performance and simplified architecture.
• Elastic Scalability
  Independently scale compute and storage resources to align with dynamic workload demands.
• Fully Managed by IBM
  IBM handles provisioning, maintenance, patching, and monitoring—allowing your teams to focus on innovation and business outcomes.

Db2 Capabilities

• Scale up to 256 TB of storage and 128 vCPUs
• Independent scaling of compute and storage
• Auto-scaling storage to prevent capacity constraints
• IOPS and throughput-based scaling for performance optimization
• High availability with dual-node deployment across availability zones
• Backup and restore with 14-day rolling snapshots and weekly full backups to Azure Blob Storage
• Supports public and private connectivity within your Azure VNET

Db2 Warehouse Capabilities

• Designed for multi-petabyte workloads using MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) architecture
• AI-driven query optimization and local caching for accelerated analytics
• Auto-expanding Azure block storage based on usage thresholds
• Flexible network deployment options for enhanced security and privacy