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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Administrator's Companion (With CD-ROM)
by Marcilina Garcia, Jamie Reding, Edward Whalen, Steve Adrien DeLuca
List Price: $59.99
Our Price: $41.99
ISBN: 0735610517
Publisher: Microsoft Press (15 January, 2000)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 54,673
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 out of 5
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Rating: 3 out of 5
Good introduction/walk through - lacks depth.
This is really a good beginner's book. Anyone who doesn't have experience in SQL Server can pick up this book as a good walk through. It does have some good coverage on the rich features such as clustering, DTS, and replication. However, it only shows you how to set it up. There's really very little talk about how to optimize these services or what problems are common as well as their solutions.If you're new to SQL Server and want to learn the breadth of features, this is a good book for you. It's easy to follow, since it's a picture book that takes you screen by screen. If you're a somewhat experienced or a veteran in SQL Server, you'll be disappointed. There's really very little to learn in the areas of architecture, design, disaster recovery, optimization, and troubleshooting. I believe to be a strong DBA, you'd need to know the very intricate operations within SQL Server (which is why I like Inside SQL Server 2000, even though it's not written as a DBA book) and know how to use Knowledge Base (which is what will really get you out of hot water).
Rating: 5 out of 5
This book is great!
Probably the best book I own (and I own a lot). I have minimal experiance with SQL server, and I'm now an SQL admin by default at my company. Recently we required an upgrade to SQL 2000 to replicate with a client and I bought this book. For the first week I used it as a referenc to answer any questions that come up. Now I'm reading the thing pretty much straight through (skipping some of the beginning chapters and some clustering info which I don't need yet). I have yet to read a paragraph where the authors aren't absolutely clear. I feel like I'm becoming an expert at this stuff, and I'm sure it will be a good exam prep book. Yes it's over 1000 pages, but it is as readable as any book I've ever picked up (and this stuff usually puts me to sleep). I'd recommend it for all experience levels. The upgrade chapter was light, but I know why after having done one.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Good book
It is the best book I have read for the following areas:Clusters DTC RAID The problem with this book is that is a little boring. It is a good referential book. I do not recommend this book for beginners because it contains a lot of technical details.
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