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name: watsonx-bi-netezza
title: IBM Netezza Performance Server
description: Netezza Performance Server is a platform for high-performance data warehousing and analytics.
last-updated: 2026-01-07
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# IBM Netezza Performance Server
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Netezza Performance Server is a platform for high-performance data warehousing and analytics.


## Supported versions
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- IBM Netezza Performance Server 11.x

- IBM Netezza appliance software 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x

## Create a connection to Netezza Performance Server
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To create the connection, you need these connection details:

- Database name 
- Hostname or IP address
- Port number
- Username and password
- SSL certificate, if required by the database server

For **Private connectivity**, to connect to a database that is not externalized to the internet (for example, behind a firewall), you must set up a [secure connection](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/watsonx-bi?topic=watsonx-bi-satellite&format=markdown){: external}.