Db2 Warehouse on Amazon Web Services

You can run Db2 Warehouse as a self-managed application on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

AWS is a cloud services platform that owns and maintains network-connected hardware for running applications.

Reasons for choosing a cloud service provider for Db2

Cloud services that support Db2 Warehouse are Kubernetes-based. This means that your Db2 Warehouse instances are deployed from containers. These containers are stored in nodes, both virtual and physical, that make up your Kubernetes cluster.

The cluster has a control portion and a worker portion. The control portion schedules containerized applications to complete work, manages their state, and scales them to meet your needs. The worker portion is dedicated to whatever jobs the scheduled applications need to complete. Once the work is done, they are made available for other scheduled jobs.

With Db2 Warehouse on AWS, you can run instances of Db2 Warehouse without having to tie them to specific machines or hardware configurations. Because of its design, AWS is highly available as well.

First steps

Creating your Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment involves selecting and creating a cluster for your AWS service, an EC2 instance type, and a cloud storage solution. For more information, see Planning your Db2 Warehouse on AWS configuration