Integrated Quality Assurance

IQA is a Quality Assurance concept, which focuses on all areas of DB2 tuning: From statement analysis through to the complete analysis of DBRMs and packaged applications, such as ERP, in Production.

IQA consists of the following products:

• DBRM/Checker
  The fast and inexpensive first step to improving application performance.
• Analyze+
  The extended approach to analyzing SQL in Production.
• Analyze for STROBE
  Automates the STROBE process.
• ProductionSimulator
  A realistic simulation of SQL characteristics in a future Production environment.
• IndexOptimizer
  Automates the Index Optimization of Production Applications.
• ImpactManager
  Recognizes the consequences of Rebinds.
• SeQuaLizer
  Analyzes the effects of SQL statements on performance.
• PackageManager
  Helps determine unnecessary packages.
• ConditionalBind
  Avoids binding unchanged DBRMs