Data Replication: Tools and Techniques for Managing Distributed Information [Paperback]

Marie Buretta (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471157546 | ISBN-13: 978-0471157540 | Publication Date: February 24, 1997 | Edition: 1

For enterprise-wide data replication that works, you'll find the right tools for the right job--right here

Data Replication: Tools and Techniques for Managing Distributed Information is a step-by-step guide to replicated data implementation, covering everything from technologies and terms to design approaches used by major vendors like IBM and Sybase to the latest in alternative design strategies. Here's everything on selecting the right set of replication tools and designing and building databases that work effectively with these tools. In addition, the book provides:
* Clear data distribution methodology and tips and techniques for designing databases that use replication efficiently
* A work plan for building an in-house framework for replication
* An application developer's work plan for implementing replication
* Highlighted "Tips" and "Warnings" and a Decision
* Tree that offers easy selection of the best replication alternatives
* Concepts applicable to both vendor-supplied and in-house solutions
* Illustrative case studies on such topics as using replication within the OLAP operational data store, and OLTP and mobile computing environments

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Today's distributed databases increasingly require the creation and management of multiple copies of the same data. Successfully managing this data is the complex task explored here. After an overview of data replication terms and technologies, this book reviews approaches to data replication offered by new software tools from IBM, Sybase and others. There are alternative design strategies for enterprise-wide databases that can handle replicated data. And finally work plans provide detailed guidelines on selecting the right mix of replication tools and verifying that they work successfully.

From the Back Cover

For enterprise-wide data replication that works, you'll find the right tools for the right job--right here

Data Replication: Tools and Techniques for Managing Distributed Information is a step-by-step guide to replicated data implementation, covering everything from technologies and terms to design approaches used by major vendors like IBM and Sybase to the latest in alternative design strategies. Here's everything on selecting the right set of replication tools and designing and building databases that work effectively with these tools. In addition, the book provides:
* Clear data distribution methodology and tips and techniques for designing databases that use replication efficiently
* A work plan for building an in-house framework for replication
* An application developer's work plan for implementing replication
* Highlighted "Tips" and "Warnings" and a Decision
* Tree that offers easy selection of the best replication alternatives
* Concepts applicable to both vendor-supplied and in-house solutions
* Illustrative case studies on such topics as using replication within the OLAP operational data store, and OLTP and mobile computing environments

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 24, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471157546
• ISBN-13: 978-0471157540
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,465,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Only Game in Town" situation keeps it from being a 10, September 7, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Data Replication: Tools and Techniques for Managing Distributed Information (Paperback)

It's tough to find an entire book on the subject of replication. Most database books give only a chapter's worth of lip service to the topic, if that much, and then move on to the other "important" chapters. I can't even count how many "advanced" database books I have that devote an entire chapter on introducing SQL, yet skip this advanced topic. Distributed apps require distributed data and this book defintiely covers a lot of ground in the right direction.

The only thing that kept me from giving it a 10 is the hope that something better may come along. But even if it does, I'll still thumb through Buretta's some more. The Case Studies are a particularly good feature, and one actually applied to the situation I needed resolving when I picked this book up

5.0 out of 5 stars Soup to Nuts, July 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Data Replication: Tools and Techniques for Managing Distributed Information (Paperback)

A must read for any technical manager who is responsible for a system that uses replication or is planning to do so. Technologists (DBA, SA, DA, Developer,..) will also gain valuable insight into the world of data replication that the vendor documentation does not provide. The decision tree (pg215) and the case study take this book over the top.