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Status Functionality already exists
Workspace Connectivity
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 23, 2020

LZ4 DB2 Compression Option - DB2 Connector Stage

As we've been migrating from Netezza to DB2 (with the support of IBM) - It's been noticed (by IBM) that the LZ4 Compression Option is not available in the DB2 Connector. Tests performed via the DB2 Command Line (on the Datastage server) show significant performance improvement transporting data in this way.

Can this feature be implemented.

We're trying to match the performance of Netezza (not in the cloud) and we're getting nowhere near... The main reason for this is the difference in data transport to the Cloud. It's believed that using LZ4 compression method would significantly improve the performance of data transport.

Associated PMR: TS001901178