> do i setup 1 db2 per linux instance > > or more than 1 db2 on a linux instance > > police db2 on linux1 > finance db2 on linux2 > payroll db2 on linux3 > > or all the above on linux1??
All of the above are legitimate. I favor separate Linux instances for isolation purposes, but there is no technical reason that they cannot all be in one big instance if that's more comfortable for you.
