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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.0285574
EAN: 9780201741292
ISBN: 0201741296
Label: Addison-Wesley Professional
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 736
Publication Date: June 24, 2002
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional
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Product Description:
Explains and examines each of the components that comprise the discipline of database administration. Provides an overview of the responsibilities of database administrators (DBAs) along with the various 'flavors' of DBAs and their tasks. Softcover.
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I bought this book as a required text for a class I was taking. While I find text books dry and difficult in many cases, this one was different. Mullen writes with some well placed humor, and yet covers a very large spectrum of information.
This is not light reading, and it goes into quite a bit of depth on the various topics that a DBA needs to know, like backup and recovery or indexing. He doesn't get into how you mechanically do the procedure on each DBMS, but rather, he goes for an under the hood approach, so that you understand how/why the DBMS works. After each chapter he gives very good references for additional reading on each topic.
Even though Mullen is a DB2 guy, this is not a DB2 book, it is well rounded non-platform specific. While some books can be TOO generic and not useful, the author treads a delicate balance and delivers value in every chapter of the book.
One final note, he does convert real life experience into this text and ... Read More
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Database Administration: The Complete Guide to Practices and Procedures was delivered sucessfully. I enjoy the book.
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This was a good introductory book about all the different
terms and concepts in generic database administration.
This book does more to cover from the managers perspective of all the
extra stuff that managers would think about in terms of data
loss, disaster recovery, recovery, etc.
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I've forgotten how many times I've recommended this book to people. It's well written, to the point, and covers the topics that you need to know to become an effective DBA.
- Scott Ambler
Thought Leader, Agile Data Method
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This is a well-written, well-organized guide to the practice of data base administration. Unlike other books on general database theory or relational database theory, this book focuses more directly on the theory and reality of database administration as practiced by database professionals today, and does so without catering too much to any specific product implementation. As such, Database Administration is very well suited to anyone interested in surveying the job of a DBA or those in similar but more specific roles such as data modeler or database performance analyst.
Yet, even with that direct focus on database administration, the author succeeds in covering a great deal of ground and cutting a rather wide swathe across the database spectrum, doing so with rigor and expertise and the benefit of experience. While the book will not and is not intended to serve as a reference substitute for product documentation, it will nonetheless enhance your knowledge, and I find it of ... Read More
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