Database administration : the complete guide to DBA practices and procedures

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullins, Craig, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

2nd. ed.

Place of Publication:

Pearson ITP 2012

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Database Administration, Second Edition , is the definitive, technology-independent guide to the modern discipline of database administration. Packed with best practices and proven solutions for any database platform or environment, this text fully reflects the field’s latest realities and challenges. Drawing on more than thirty years of database experience, Mullins focuses on problems that today’s DBAs actually face, and skills and knowledge they simply must have. Mullins presents realistic, thorough, and up-to-date coverage of every DBA task, including creating database environments, data modeling, normalization, design, performance, data integrity, compliance, governance, security, backup/recovery, disaster planning, data and storage management, data movement/distribution, data warehousing, connectivity, metadata, tools, and more. This edition adds new coverage of “Big Data,” database appliances, cloud computing, and NoSQL. Mullins includes an entirely new chapter on the DBA’s role in regulatory compliance, with substantial new material on data breaches, auditing, encryption, retention, and metadata management. You’ll also find an all-new glossary, plus up-to-the-minute DBA rules of thumb.

Contents:

Chapter 1 What Is a DBA? Chapter 2 Creating the Database Environment Chapter 3 Data Modeling and Normalization Chapter 4 Database Design Chapter 5 Application Design Chapter 6 Design Reviews Chapter 7 Database Change Management Chapter 8 Data Availability Chapter 9 Performance Management Chapter 10 System Performance Chapter 11 Database Performance Chapter 12 Application Performance Chapter 13 Data Integrity Chapter 14 Database Security Chapter 15 Regulatory Compliance and Database Administration Chapter 16 Database Backup and Recovery Chapter 17 Disaster Planning Chapter 18 Data and Storage Management Chapter 19 Data Movement and Distribution Chapter 20 Data Warehouse Administration Chapter 21 Database Connectivity Chapter 22 Metadata Management Chapter 23 DBA Tools Chapter 24 DBA Rules of Thumb

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780133012736

0133012735

9780321822949

0321822943

OCLC:

825819431