Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices
- 9h 52m
- Bradley Ball, et al.
- Apress
- 2012
Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices is an anthology of high-end wisdom from a group of accomplished database administrators who are quietly but relentlessly pushing the performance and feature envelope of Microsoft SQL Server 2012. With an emphasis upon performance—but also branching into release management, auditing, and other issues—the book helps you deliver the most value for your company’s investment in Microsoft’s flagship database system
- Goes beyond the manual to cover good techniques and best practices
- Delivers knowledge usually gained only by hard experience
- Focuses upon performance, scalability, reliability
- Helps achieve the predictability needed to be in control at all times
What you’ll learn
- Migrate to the new Extended Events framework for troubleshooting performance problems
- Automate the tracking of key performance indicators such as available disk space, cpu utilization, index fragmentation, and more
- Design performance into your database and its applications from the very beginning
- Manage staged releases from development to test through to production
- Diagnose resource and performance problems via dynamic management views
- Analyze I/O patterns and plan reliably to obtain the performance you need
About the Authors
Chris Shaw started his database career in 1993. He began by working with Lotus during his time in the Marine Corps. Following his time with the Marines, Chris continued working with databases for companies such as Wells Fargo, Pulte Mortgage, and Yellow Pages Inc. He later consulted with insurance companies, including Anthem Blue Shield and Admini Quest. Chris has been writing and speaking about SQL Server for over 15 years at events such as SQL Connections, PASS, and SSWUG Ultimate conferences. Chris was the Conference Director for SSWUG in 2008. Chris received the Microsoft MVP award in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and he just received his fourth MVP award in April 2012. He is the founding member of the Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group and presently is the Co-President. Chris has many featured articles on the SSWUG website, and he was a contributing author for SQL Server 2005 Bible (Wiley, 2006) and SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, Volume 2 (Manning Publications, 2011). Blogs, information, questions, quizzes, and interviews can be found at Chris’ blog site at chrisshaw.wordpress.com.
Grant Fritchey works as a development database administrator for FM Global, an industry-leading engineering and insurance company. In his previous time as a database administrator and developer, he has worked at three failed dot-coms, a major consulting company, and a global bank. He has developed large-scale applications in languages such as VB, C#, and Java and has lived with SQL Server from the hoary days of 6.0, right through to 2008. His nickname at work is "The Scary DBA." He even has an official name plate, and he displays it proudly.
In this Book
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Be Your Developer's Best Friend
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Getting It Right: Designing the Database for Performance
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Hidden Performance Gotchas
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Dynamic Management Views
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From SQL Trace to Extended Events
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The Utility Database
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Indexing Outside the Bubble
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Release Management
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Compliance and Auditing
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Automating Administration
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The Fluid Dynamics of SQL Server Data Movement
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Windows Azure SQL Database for DBAs
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I/O: The Untold Story
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Page and Row Compression
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Selecting and Sizing the Server
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Backups and Restores Using Availability Groups
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Big Data for the SQL Server DBA
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Tuning for Peak Load
