So says Clint Boulton at internetnews.com - Autonomic is Automatic with IBM Database.
IBM has added autonomic capabilities to its DB2 Universal Database in order to boost system performance and availability for its eServer zSeries mainframes.
According to Clint:
...a point-in-time recovery feature in the new software provides customers with a snapshot of the database to minimize data loss and simplify recovery efforts in the event of a system outage, according to an IBM. This feature also decreases down time by allowing administrators to keep database services online while updating the database.
Such improvements in automation are key pieces of IBM's overarching strategy to provide e-business on-demand, which customers would adopt to control the flow of their computing power, increasing or decreasing it by toggling a few switches.
Autonomic, or "self-healing" features that allow a system to monitor a network's "health," are instrumental in furthering IBM's on-demand strategy and are increasingly being added across Big Blue's software lines for uniformity...
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