Understanding Database Administration [Paperback]

Pablo Berzukov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 12, 2010 | Series: Database

In the Information Technologies industry there are few domains less understood than Database Administration.

People keep asking what are the responsibilities of a Database Administrator, what are the specific tasks and processes Database Administrators rely on to fulfill those responsibilities and, by which rules Database Administrators abide to deal with whatever they do.

Some people ask those questions out of simple curiosity, others because they are in or close to a DBA role, others because they have to deal with DBAs in a user, developer, management, etc. capacity and, want to have a better understanding of the DBA world.

Everyone has its own reasons to ask questions about the database administration world; questions are always the same.

This book intends to answer those questions.

This is a technology agnostic book meaning that it applies to the field of database administration in general rather than focusing on any specific database vendor technology in particular. Enjoy it.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Pablo Berzukov is a Senior Database Administrator with in excess of a quarter century of hands-on Information Technology industry experience.

He has worked for corporations and government agencies in the United States and overseas; he is a published author.

His career started as an Assembly programmer, had the opportunity of working with the pioneers of online and database systems, witnessed the rise of relational databases, worked as an Application's programmer, System's programmer, Functional analyst, Systems analyst, Project manager and Consultant being the Database domain a recurrent focus area throughout his career.

Mr. Berzukov holds an MBA in International Business as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology Management. He has several industry certifications from Oracle, Microsoft and CompTia. .

For up-to-date information check his personal LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin.com/in/PabloBerzukov

Product Details

• Paperback: 138 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 12, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1450500919
• ISBN-13: 978-1450500913
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #957,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for entry level IT people. February 13, 2011

By Sandeep

A great book. A Very easy read with a wealth of information without being pretentious. Very quickly gives you a good insight into the DBA world and also exposes some best practices which are applicable to almost any field in IT.

I highly recommend it for entry level IT people and people who are new to interacting with IT.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read, easy to understand. Full of valuable information March 14, 2010

By Red

Easy to read, easy to understand, very well organized. A rare window to the database administrator's world shedding light on how they think and work.

After describing database administration objectives and best practices the book goes beyond showing how and where DBA's are inserted in the socio-technical system - full of valuable information including rules and tips.

DBAs and everybody dealing with DBAs will benefit from this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Written For Kids February 7, 2013

By Patrick S. Kelly

Amazon Verified Purchase

A very misleading title since you will not understand anything about Database Administration when you’re done reading this. In my opinion this book was written for a grade school audience. If you have zero understanding of information technology and have never heard the term database before then maybe you will get something out of this book. If you are in the field of information technology in any capacity then this book is not for you.

I'm no computer genius but I'm A+, Network+ Security+ certified, have technical support experience and I have a small programming background. I would say maybe I wasn't the target audience for the book but he states "the target audience is not only Database Administrators but also other information technology and information systems professionals ranging from entry level to management level..."

I purchased this book based on the title and also on the three 5 star reviews which I now question the authenticity of. I finished the book in about an hour so I'm more concerned about the 15 dollars than about the total waste of time.

I was expecting some insight into basic database terminology and task that I could apply to both job interviews and civil service test question. I was also expecting to translate some of the knowledge to my test installations of Mysql and Microsoft Sql sever express.

I'm going to stick to the tutorials from newboston.org, a pretty good book that I got on Amazon called "Databases DeMYSTiFieD" and Relational Databases Ebook (2.99 Kindle).