Managing Data Growth on System Z by Philip Howard, Bloor Research IBM Optim provides facilities that ensure that the data won't break and it offers a variety of mechanisms for accessing the data. In this paper, we will discuss breakage and access in more detail, and then briefly consider how IBM Optim works, particularly with respect to System z, though Optim's capabilities are also generally applicable to distributed systems. Please take a moment to register. *Indicates required fields *First Name   *Last Name   Job Function Analyst Application Developer Chief Executive Officer Chief Officer Chief Operational Officer Consultant Department Director Department Manager eBusiness Executive Executive Assistant President Project Manager Sales/ System Consultant System Administrator To Be Determined Vice President  *Email Address   *Work Phone   *Company Name   *Work Address Line 1   Work Address Line 2   *Work City   *State -select one- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana Nevada North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington/Western Australia Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming TBD Aust Capital Terr New South Wales Northern Territory/Northwest Territories Alias QLD Queensland Queensland Auckland Christchurch Saskatchewan/South Australia Tasmania Victoria Wellington Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Alias NSW New South Wales Nova Scotia Ontario Price Edward Island Quebec Yukon Thurgau Vaud Aargau Appenzell Innerrh Basel (City) Basel (regional) Bern Fribourg Geneva Glarus Graubuenden Jura Lucerne Obwalden Schaffhausen Solothurn St Gallen Switzerland Ticino Uri Valais Zug Zurich Alias Victoria Ancona Aosta Ascoli Piceno L'Aquila Asti Avellino Bari Bergamo Bologna Bolzano Campobasso Chieti Cuneo Cremona Cosenza Ferrara Firenze Forli Gorizia Crotone Lecce Livorno Latina Napoli Novara Piacenza Padova Perugia Pordenone Pesaro Pistoia Pavia Ravenna Reggio Calabria Reggio Emilia Ragusa Roma Rimini Rovigo Siena La Spezia Sassari Savona Torino Trapani Terni Trieste Treviso Udine Venezia Vicenza Verona   *Work Zip   *Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua/ Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzeq Botswana Brazil Brit. Virgin Is. Brunei Bulgaria Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Is. Cayman Islands Centr. Afr. Rep Chad Chile China Christmas Islnd Cocos Islands Colombia Comoro Is. Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Rep. Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Gui. Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France Fren. Polynesia French Guinea Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Island Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Minor Outl. Ins. Moldavia Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niederl. Antill. Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua Nw Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Ruanda Russian Fed. S. Tome, Principe Samoa, American San Marino Saudi Arabia Scotland Senegal Serbia & Montenegro Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St. Chr. , Nevis St. Helena St. Lucia St. Pier, Miquel. St. Vincent Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tadjikistan Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad, Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Is Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Unit. Arab Emir. United Kingdom United States Uruguay US Virgin Is. Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Wallis, Futuna West Indies Western Samoa Yeman Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe Tiawan