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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7585
EAN: 9780672326257
ISBN: 0672326256
Label: Sams
Manufacturer: Sams
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: November 15, 2004
Publisher: Sams
Sales Rank: 527984
Studio: Sams
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Rating:  - Takes the middle ground
Microsoft is attempting to move its SQL Server deeper into large scale corporate usage. And this book is a good reflection of the strategy. Bertucci directs it at IT managers, CTOs or CIOs who are looking for a "high availability" solution. He defines this as an availability of 95-99.4%. Notice that the book shies away from "extreme availability", which is more than 99.4%. As he explains, there are nonlinearities in costs for the latter that make it prohibitive for most companies. Whereas high availability ... Read More
Rating:  - HA The Microsoft Way
In the early days of PC's no one thought much about trying to keep up a system 24x7x365. The hardware wouldn't do it, the software wouldn't do it, and for a system that was primarily something you used for personal use on your desktop it really didn't matter much. You probably turned it off each evening anyway.
But those times have changed. The modern PC is a PC in name only. Put in a couple of high speed Pentium 4's or Opterons and you have a system more powerful than those running airline reservations ... Read More
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