Database Administration: Practices and Procedures

Best practices for database administration -- regardless of database platform!-- An ideal resource for both database administrators and IT organizations supporting multiple database platforms.-- Covers data modeling and normalization, database/application design, availability, security, data integrity, database performance, and much more.-- In-depth, up-to-the-minute coverage of backup, recovery, disaster planning, storage management, and data distribution.The first platform-independent guide to the discipline of database administration, this book presents best practices and procedures that apply to any database platform: Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Sybase, even MySQL and Postgres. It will be an ideal resource for organizations that have deployed multiple databases -- and for professionals who want to move comfortably amongst database platforms. Craig Mullins begins with an up-to-date introduction to the field of database administration, outlining a broad range of DBA roles and responsibilities, and showing how evolving technology has changed the profession. He walks through creating the database environment; data modeling andMullins, Craig S. is the author of 'Database Administration: Practices and Procedures' with ISBN 9780613920414 and ISBN 0613920414.