SQL Server System Administration assumes that you are familiar with the fundamentals of database administration and have worked with SQL Server in some capacity. This book focuses on the topic of interest to most administrators: keeping data consistently available to users. Unlike other SQL Server books that are wide in scope, discuss SQL Server basics, and have little relevance to the serious SQL Server DBA, SQL Server System Administration provides a hands-on approach that administrators won't find elsewhere. For example, instead of dedicating pages to explaining queries and how they work, this book talks about choosing the correct replication topology and achieving high availability of information.
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SQL Server is an integral part of Microsoft's BackOffice solution for integrating all your data processing needs. Microsoft SQL Server version 7 includes a number of new features, including a graphical query analyzer, redesigned query processor, full-text search, and Data Transformation Services (DTS).
SQL Server System Administration offers sound advice on standard database administration, as well as detailed information on the wide range of new features in SQL Server 7. Although installation is not explicitly discussed, the first section of the book covers setup troubleshooting and configuration, which traditionally have caused headaches for administrators. The remainder of the book covers topics as elemental as the form of data storage and as all-encompassing as the new SQL Agent. However, because of the massive number of changes to this new version of SQL Server, even fundamental information takes on great significance.
Users new to SQL Server administration will find that this book's real-world approach makes their experience infinitely easier. The authors point out typical pitfalls and how to avoid them. For experienced administrators, the in-depth treatment of new features will make the transition to SQL Server 7 much less painful then it might otherwise be, given that items as fundamental as a "device" are no longer part of SQL Server. --Rob Frankland
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SQL Server System Administration assumes that you are familiar with the fundamentals of database administration and have worked with SQL Server in some capacity. This book focuses on the topic of interest to most administrators: keeping data consistently available to users. Unlike other SQL Server books that are wide in scope, discuss SQL Server basics, and have little relevance to the serious SQL Server DBA, SQL Server System Administration provides a hands-on approach that administrators won't find elsewhere. For example, instead of dedicating pages to explaining queries and how they work, this book talks about choosing the correct replication topology and achieving high availability of information.
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Terrible writing by non-DBAs,
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This review is from: SQL Server System Administration (The Landmark Series) (Paperback)
This book reads like it's written by a couple of high schoolers who didn't have their grammar teacher look over their work before it got into print. It reads a lot like the incomprehensible nonsense on Hotek's Web site. It also reads like the people who wrote it aren't actually SQL Server admins. It reads like they're consultants. I don't think these guys would know the daily life of a DBA if it jumped up and bit them on the a$$. Hotek in particular is a singularly bad writer. One sentence fragment after another litters his work. After seeing this, I will never trust another thing Hotek says.
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Buyer Beware: Book doesn't cover SQL Server 2000,
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This review is from: SQL Server System Administration (The Landmark Series) (Paperback)
A book like this ought to tell you what version of SQL Server it covers, but it doesn't. Instead, we get one anachronism after another from the 7.0 days. The book should focus on the current version of the product. From the title, you'd never know that the book was so out of date. It's one of those books with a very early "Use By" date. Unfortunately, this one has already expired.
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do not waste your money on this book,
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This review is from: SQL Server System Administration (The Landmark Series) (Paperback)
This book is a joke. It is not very helpfull even to the advanced users, much less to people who are new to SQL Server. In short you would be much better of reading books on line. Shame on authors and editors.
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