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IBM Db2 Big SQL

IBM Db2 Big SQL is a hybrid SQL-on-Hadoop engine that uses massively parallel processing and follows the ANSI SQL standard. It lets users query Hadoop file systems, relational databases, NoSQL stores and object storage through a single connection, and works with Hive, HBase and Spark. It runs on IBM Cloud Pak for Data and can scale across cloud, private cloud and on-premises environments.

IBM Db2 Big SQL is an IBM product filed under Database Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 4 versions listed, latest 7.1.x (6 Oct 2020).

Source: IBM Db2 Big SQL, retrieved 15 Oct 2026

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Release and support dates as published by IBM; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

IBM Db2 Big SQL 4 versions

Version	Released	End of sale	End of standard support	End of extended support	Source
7.1.xOther	6 Oct 2020	–	–	–	[1]
7.0.xOther	24 Mar 2020	–	–	–	[1]
6.0.xOther	28 Feb 2019	11 Aug 2020	31 Dec 2021	31 Dec 2021	[1]
5.0.xOther	13 Jul 2017	11 Aug 2020	30 Apr 2022	30 Apr 2022	[1]

Lifecycle Policy

Other. Products listed as Other may not follow the two-to-five-year support period or offer support extensions; IBM details them in the Product Lifecycle comments and announcement letters. [6]

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IBM Product Lifecycle List (CSV) retrieved 2026-10-13

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