Why Unicode matters for IBM i: move beyond EBCDIC limitations with UTF-8 and UTF-16 support for multilingual DB2 data and global applications.

Introduction

If you ask 10 IBM i administrators about the best placement for journal receivers, you will likely get 11 different answers. The truth is that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, and the optimal placement depends on various factors such as system workload, storage architecture, and recovery objectives. Also, hardware and software changed significantly over the years, so recommendations that were valid 10 or 20 years ago may not be applicable today.

Description of the different sizes of an index.