The stability and reliability of the Linux operating system makes it an ideal platform on which to operate databases. Increasingly, major software vendors are designing their applications to run on Linux. DBA's Guide to Databases on Linux walks you through the installation and configuration of several major databases on Linux and provides a working example of an e-commerce Web site. Major commercial databases such as Oracle, Informix, Sybase, DB2 and Progress are covered in depth as well as the widely used freeware databases, MySQL and PostgreSQL. DBA's Guide to Databases on Linux is the ultimate resource and comparative reference for any DBA managing databases on Linux.
From the Publisher
This book is intended primarily for database administrators and Linux users who want to improve their skills and understanding of various databases. We hope you will come away with a better understanding of database design and implementation in general. This book will give you a better understanding of the Linux operating system when it is used as a database server.
For the purposes of this book, we have presented a shopping cart scenario to illustrate some of the uses and potential of databases. Web servers are a key element in utilizing databases on the Web, and we have provided a short overview of many of the most popular ones today. Overall, we hope you find this book a useful reference that will assist your efforts in bringing up a database on Linux for whatever purpose.---Amy Pedersen, Publisher, Syngress Media, Inc.
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