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<h1 class="topictitle1">Data access on <span class="keyword">DB2 UDB for iSeries™</span>:
data access paths and methods</h1>
<div><p>Data access methods are used to process queries and access data.</p>
<p>In general, the query engine has two kinds of raw material with which to
satisfy a query request: </p>
<ul><li>The database objects that contain the data to be queries</li>
<li>The executable instructions or operations to retrieve and transform the
data into usable information</li>
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<p>There are actually only two types of permanent database objects that can
be used as source material for a query — tables and indexes (binary radix
and encoded vector indexes). In addition, the query engine may need to create
temporary objects or data structures to hold interim results or references
during the execution of an access plan. The <span class="keyword">DB2<sup>®</sup> UDB Symmetric Multiprocessing</span> feature
provides the optimizer with additional methods for retrieving data that include
parallel processing. Finally, the optimizer uses certain methods to manipulate
these objects.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzajqpermobj.htm">Permanent objects and access methods</a></strong><br />
The database objects and access methods used by the query engine can be broken down into three basic types of operations that are used to manipulate the permanent and temporary objects -- Create, Scan, and Probe.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzajqtempobj.htm">Temporary objects and access methods</a></strong><br />
Temporary objects are created by the optimizer in order to process a query. In general, these temporary objects are internal objects and cannot be accessed by a user.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzajq1parallel.htm">Objects processed in parallel</a></strong><br />
The <span class="keyword">DB2 UDB Symmetric Multiprocessing</span> feature
provides the optimizer with additional methods for retrieving data that include
parallel processing. Symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) is a form of parallelism
achieved on a single server where multiple (CPU and I/O) processors that share
memory and disk resource work simultaneously toward achieving a single end
result.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="spreaddata.htm">Spreading data automatically</a></strong><br />
DB2
Universal Database™ for iSeries™ automatically spreads the data across the
disk devices available in the auxiliary storage pool (ASP) where the data
is allocated. This ensures that the data is spread without user intervention. </li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzajqkickoff.htm" title="The goal of database performance tuning is to minimize the response time of your queries and to make the best use of your server's resources by minimizing network traffic, disk I/O, and CPU time. This goal can only be achieved by understanding the logical and physical structure of your data, understanding the applications used on your server, and understanding how the many conflicting uses of your database may impact database performance.">Performance and query optimization</a></div>
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