Clustered vs. Distributed Mode Performance: Clustered is Preferred
No coding changes required for clustered mode and no reason to use the distributed mode anymore.
Clustered mode was created for stability, not performance; however, clustered mode should have less overhead because "tspace" table is not continually accessed. This tspace table stored the batch job's instructions and information used by the distributed mode and accessed by the batch threads. There have been cases where this table is in high contention.