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The IBM Documentation for the service covers the detailed commands and reference topics for the Db2 engine that powers Db2 SaaS. The IBM Cloud documentation covers the high-level functionality for the cloud offering, and refers back to this set of documentation where appropriate.

Performance Plan

  • Base configuration start at 4vCPU x 16GB RAM x 50GB Storage on dedicated compute slices
  • 2-node High Availability
  • Customizable IOPS Scaling

Supported data centers (Performance)

  • Dallas - (us-south)
  • Washington - (us-east)
  • Sydney - (au-syd)
  • Sao Paulo - (br-sao)
  • Toronto - (ca-tor)
  • Frankfurt - (eu-de)
  • Madrid - (eu-es)
  • London - (eu-gb)
  • Tokyo - (jp-tok)

EU-Cloud supported (Performance)

  • Frankfurt - (eu-de)

EU-Cloud support is available only in the Frankfurt (eu-de) region.

Standard/Enterprise Plans

The Standard and Enterprise plans are now deprecated. Existing Standard/Enterprise customers are encouraged to migrate to the Performance plan before October 16th, 2026. For more information, see the Announcement. For migration instructions, see Migration. All new deployments will now use the Performance plan.

Standard Plan (Deprecated)

  • Base instances start at 8 GB RAM x 20 GB storage on shared compute slices
  • 100 GB of free backup storage for up to 14 days of backups

Enterprise Plan (Deprecated)

  • Base instances start at 4 vCPU x 16 GB RAM x 20 GB storage on dedicated compute slices
  • 1 TB of free backup storage for up to 14 days of backups

Supported Data Centers

The Standard and Enterprise plans are supported in the following data center geographies:

Multi-zone region (MZR)

  • Dallas - (Dal10, Dal12, Dal13)
  • Frankfurt - (Fra02, Fra04, Fra05)
  • London - (Lon04, Lon05, Lon06)
  • Sydney - (Syd01, Syd04, Syd05)
  • Tokyo - (Tok02, Tok04, Tok05)
  • Washington, DC - (Wdc04, Wdc06, Wdc07)
  • Sao Paulo - (Sao01, Sao04, Sao05)
  • Toronto - (Tor01, Tor04, Tor05)

MZRs support 3 node HA in 3 different data centers in that region.

Single-zone region (SZR)

  • Amsterdam - (Ams03)
  • MontrĂ©al - (Mon01)

SZRs support 3 node HA in a single data center in that region.

EU-Supported (MZR)

  • Frankfurt 02 - (Fra02, Fra04, Fra05)

EU-Supported MZR supports 3 node HA in 3 different data centers in that region.

API References by plan