Case Study: Florida Hospital achieves always-on DB2 and zero unplanned downtime for 1M patient visits with BMC Software

Florida Hospital supports quality care in 1MM patient visits per year with a healthy, always-on IBM® DB2 environment

Florida Hospital, the nation’s busiest hospital with more than 1 million patient visits a year, depends on a large IBM DB2 on z/OS environment that handles ~3 million transactions, 300 million DB2 calls, and 10,000 batch jobs daily. To deliver personalized, quality care, clinicians require fast, reliable, and secure access to patient data even as database volumes and processing needs grow—without driving up operating costs or risking downtime.

BMC Data Management for DB2 on z/OS automated and simplified DB2 maintenance, enabling online maintenance and reducing planned outages from 36 to 12 hours annually while cutting monthly maintenance windows to quarterly. The solution has supported zero unplanned downtime for more than 12 years, improved uptime (about an 80% gain), let two DBAs manage the environment, and delivered a better patient experience through consistent record access, streamlined admissions, and more efficient payment processing.

Florida Hospital

Robert Goodman

Senior DBA & Disaster Recovery Coordinator