IBM i 五大特色之五 Single-Level Store

IBM i 五大特色之五 Single-Level Store

Single-Level Store

IBM i customers need not be aware of any of the storage technologies that underlie the huge address space because the IBM i manages them automatically. As far as customers are concerned, all programs and data simply reside in this massive space. Users don’t have to worry about where a program resides; they need only reference it by name.

Similarly, customers don’t have to worry about extending files that are full. The IBM i handles this automatically, too. And when customers add storage devices to the machine, they don’t have to redistribute data across them; the system recognizes the new available storage and uses it. Just try to do that with a Unix or Windows system. Most IBM i installations don’t even have a traditional database administrator because they don’t need one. The system does much of this type of work on its own.

Processing business applications in a multi-application, multi-user environment involves frequent switching between different tasks. Because of its single-level store, the IBM i accomplishes this function much more efficiently than conventional systems. Switching to a new task in the IBM i is as simple as performing a branch instruction to the location where the new task resides. There’s no need (as in Unix and Windows systems) to re-create a separate address space before a new task can be executed. Because the IBM i is designed for the frequent task switching that characterizes business environments, the system’s single-level store not only simplifies storage management but also delivers exceptional performance.