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Virtual Pool Design Strategies

Use separate buffer pools that are based on their type of usage by the applications. Each one of these buffer pools has its own unique settings and the type of processing may even differ between batch and on line.

Detailed Example of Buffer Pool Object Breakouts

BP0		Catalog and directory - DB2 only use
BP1		Work files (Sort)
BP2		Code and reference tables - heavily accessed
BP3		Small tables, heavily updated - trans tables, work tables
BP4		Basic tables
BP5		Basic indexes
BP6		Special for large clustered, range scanned table
BP7		Special for Master Table full index (Random searched table)
BP8		Special for an entire database for a special application
BP9		Derived tables and "saved" tables for ad-hoc
BP10		Staging tables (edit tables for short lived data)
BP11		Staging indexes (edit tables for short lived data)
BP12		Vendor tool/utility object