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Looking for good beginner Data Base Administration book for advanced developer

  • October 29, 2020 at 4:05 pm

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    #3802515

    Hello SSC,

    I have been a SQL developer for close to 20 years. I know some DBA tasks like, backup restore, installation, granting access to users, etc. I have been trying to find a beginners book that can slowly walk me through all of the common administration tasks. I think like a developer, so topics like threading, buffer pools, plan cache, and data cache are not my strong suite.

    I interviewed for a DBA role and did pretty well. I regurgitated articles that I read to get me past the DBA questions, but if I do receive an offer, I obviously do not want to crash and burn. Does anyone know of a good beginner administration book, or can you point me in the right direction? Perhaps provide a good starting point?

    Stay safe my SSC friends and thank you in advance for the guidance.

    The are no problems, only solutions. --John Lennon

  • October 29, 2020 at 4:18 pm

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    I haven't read this new edition, but all these authors know what they are talking about.

    https://amzn.to/2J0OLEZ

    If you want to know the internals, not sure there's a better books than the internals: https://amzn.to/3oAf9IS A bit dated, but lots of this is still relevant.

  • October 29, 2020 at 4:52 pm

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    #3802532

    Take a look in the Books section here too.

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
    - Martin Rees
    The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
    - Phil Parkin

  • October 29, 2020 at 8:02 pm

    #3802602

    Thank you both for the recommendations. Nice to see you again Phil.

    Stay safe folks!

    The are no problems, only solutions. --John Lennon

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