DB2 was specifically designed to operate in the most efficient manner possible. This efficiency is a part of all facets of the DB2 database DB2 was specifically designed to operate in the most efficient manner possible. This efficiency is a part of all facets of the DB2 database DB2 was specifically designed to operate in the most efficient manner possible. This efficiency is a part of all facets of the DB2 database DB2 was specifically designed to operate in the most efficient manner possible. This efficiency is a part of all facets of the DB2 database DB2 was specifically designed to operate in the most efficient manner possible. This efficiency is a part of all facets of the DB2 database DB2 was specifically designed to operate in the most efficient manner possible. This efficiency is a part of all facets of the DB2 database DB2 was specifically designed to operate in the most efficient manner possible. This efficiency is a part of all facets of the DB2 database DB2 was specifically designed to operate in the most efficient manner possible. This efficiency is a part of all facets of the DB2 database engine. As a result, DB2 enjoys a strong record in database benchmarks.
As of August 2009, DB2 holds the leading performance benchmark result for numerous benchmarks including TPC-C (transactional workloads), TPC-H 10TB (analytical workloads), and SAP SD 3-Tier (application workloads). It is this ability to simultaneously lead the performance benchmarks for diverse workloads that sets DB2 apart from the competition.
However, industry benchmarks can be like a game of leapfrog, with vendors often passing one another. A more telling statistic is the overall amount of time a vendor is in the lead. The following diagrams were drawn from information on public Web sites and show the numbers of days of leadership in key industry benchmarks between 1 January 2003 and 28 July 2009.
