Database Administration Guide

The need for database administration is as strong as, or stronger than, it was when I originally wrote the first edition of this book in 2002. Relational database management systems are still at the core of most serious produc-tion systems, and they still need to be managed. And this is still the job of database administrators. Whether you use Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, Informix, Sybase, MySQL, Teradata, PostgreSQL, Ingres, or any combi-nation of these popular DBMS products, you will benefit from the informa-tion in this book.
But a decade is forever in the world of information technology. And even though some basic things stay the same (e.g., databases require administration), many things change. The second edition of this book incorporates the many changes that impact database administration that have occurred in the industry over the past decade. What made the book unique remains. It is still the industry’s only non-product-based description of database administration techniques and practices. The book defines the job of database administrator and outlines what is required of a database.