Getting Started with DB2 Express-C
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Chapter 1 – What is <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong>-C? 21<br />
1.3 User assistance and technical support<br />
If you have technical questions about <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong>-C, you can post your questions in the<br />
<strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong>-C forum. This free forum is monitored by <strong>DB2</strong> experts from IBM, though it is<br />
the community who provides most of the answers on a voluntary basis.<br />
IBM also gives users the choice to purchase a low cost <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong> data server software<br />
("<strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong>") yearly subscription (also known as the Fixed Term License or FTL). This<br />
subscription comes <strong>with</strong> the backing of IBM for 24 x 7 technical support and software<br />
updates. In addition to support and software maintenance, <strong>with</strong> the yearly low cost<br />
subscription fee (approximately $1,990 per server per year in the United States – may vary<br />
in other countries) you also get to use additional features: HADR (clustering for High<br />
Availability and Disaster Recovery), SQL replication (for replicating data <strong>with</strong> other <strong>DB2</strong><br />
servers), and Backup Compression (for creating compressed backup copies of the<br />
database). Further information about the subscription option can be found at:<br />
ibm.com/db2/express/support.html<br />
1.4 <strong>DB2</strong> servers<br />
All <strong>DB2</strong> server editions contain the same core components; they are packaged in such a<br />
way that users can choose the functions they need at the right price. Figure 1.1 illustrates<br />
the different <strong>DB2</strong> product editions.<br />
<strong>DB2</strong> Enterprise Edition<br />
<strong>DB2</strong> Workgroup Edition<br />
<strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong> Edition<br />
<strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong>-C<br />
Extra<br />
Extra<br />
Extra<br />
+ + + functionality functionality functionality<br />
Figure 1.1 – <strong>DB2</strong> Servers<br />
As shown in Figure 1.1, <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong>-C is the same as <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong> <strong>with</strong>out a few<br />
components. <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>Express</strong>-C is free to the community. Technical assistance is available
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