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Backup Basics Part 2: Demystifying Backup Media
Jun 30, 2006
In part two of a three-part series on backup basics, Ryan Faas continues to demystify backup options for new technicians and server/systems administrators. This time, the topic is choosing the media in which to store your backups. Find out the pros and cons of tape, hard drives, and RAID arrays; using network storage; and archiving using CDs or DVDs.
Backup Basics Part 3: General Tips for a Backup Strategy
Jul 14, 2006
Knowing how to configure backup applications and select backup media is half the battle of designing a successful backup strategy. The other half is choosing how and when to back up the specific pieces of data that are stored on your servers, share points, and workstations. In this final article of his series on backup basics for new technicians and administrators, Ryan Faas offers some suggestions to help you make these important decisions.
Backup Considerations
Nov 6, 2000
Perhaps the most important but least glamorous aspect of supporting a relational database is backup and recovery. No matter how much work you do to make your database secure and your data available, data protection is the most critical aspect of your ...
Basic Concepts for Guerrilla Oracle
Jul 4, 2003
Get the important foundational information you need to fully understand and successfully build your Guerrilla Oracle database. You will explore five important topics, including databases, the Oracle Server environment, SQL programming languages, development tools, and the Web.
Basic SQL Coding for DB2 Universal Database for OS/390
Jun 27, 2003
Take a look at the four primary statements of DML: Select, Update, Insert, and Delete. You will learn the function each of these can play in your efforts to master DB2. You will also look at various aspects of SQL, a necessary language to understand though the comprehension level will vary depending on the user's activity.
Benefits of Using SQL Server Stored Procedures with Visual Basic and Web Applications
Aug 6, 2001
Alison Balter highlights the benefits of using SQL Server stored procedures with Visual Basic and Web Applications stored procedures.
Bento and iPad: The Start of Something New
Jun 11, 2010
If you’re looking for a great database to run on iPad, Filemaker’s Bento is a good choice. Jesse Feiler tells you why.
Berkeley DB Transactional Data Store Applications
Aug 27, 2001
This sample chapter from Berkeley DB should familiarize readers with the transactional interfaces of Berkeley DB, and introduce its wide variety of available tools.
Best Practices in ColdFusion Development
Nov 20, 2001
Eben Hewitt offers a collection of best practices to follow when using ColdFusion - neatly organized into topics such as file use, speed and performance, database issues, and security.
Big Data Adoption and Planning Considerations
Feb 8, 2016
Big Data adoption can enable the sort of innovation that fundamentally alters the structure of a business, either in its products, services or organization. However, innovation management requires care: too many controlling forces can stifle the initiative and dampen the results, and too little oversight can turn a best intentioned project into a science experiment that never delivers promised results. It is against this backdrop that this chapter from Big Data Fundamentals: Concepts, Drivers & Techniques addresses Big Data adoption and planning considerations.
Big Data Scalability: Why Your Database Is Slow, and When You Should Start Scaling
Nov 12, 2014
Constant increases in the volume of Big Data worldwide have begun to overwhelm the database management systems on which we all rely. We need a comprehensive method for managing this overflow. Database expert Cory Isaacson, CEO/CTO of CodeFutures and author of Understanding Big Data Scalability, discusses how scaling can help to keep your databases from being overwhelmed, how you'll know when you should start scaling, and the best way to make it happen.
Binding Data in BIRT
May 18, 2007
This chapter explains column bindings in BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Technology), including what they are and how to create, edit and delete them.
Building a Visual FoxPro Application for SQL Server
Jul 2, 2004
Learn how to build a data access layer to communicate with either DBFs or SQL Server. Even cooler, you'll do it with no code to change when you move from DBFs to SQL tables, and an upsizing wizard to migrate the data for you. Find out how to use a data access layer in FoxPro, which gives you the ability to use DBFs, SQL Server, a WebConnection XML server, or XML Web services.
Building Database Applications
Jun 8, 2001
This article sketches out an overall approach to developing database applications. You can systematically build applications that satisfy business requirements[md]yet are flexible, extensible, and efficient.
Building FileMaker Solutions
Mar 24, 2006
This project provides an introduction to building all of the projects that you will build with FileMaker. In addition to the basics, it provides you with optional steps you can use to share the database over a network and to import data from a spreadsheet.
Building Intelligent .NET Applications: Data-Mining Predictions
Apr 8, 2005
This chapter uses a fictional retailer named Savings Mart to show how Microsoft's Analysis Services, included with Microsoft SQL Server, can be used to improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs.
Building the Data Warehouse
Oct 4, 2000
Data Warehousing expert Laura Brown discusses how to build a successful Data Warehouse.
Capacity Planning as a Performance Tuning Tool—Case Study for a Very Large Database Environment
Sep 19, 2003
This article discusses the performance and scaleability impact due to severe CPU and I/O bottlenecks in a very large database (over 20 terabytes).
Case Study of Building a Data Warehouse with Analysis Services (Part One)
Feb 10, 2006
In the first of a two-part series, Baya Pavliashvili, database administration expert, offers solutions to your business problem using a data warehouse.
Case Study of Building a Data Warehouse with Analysis Services (Part Two)
Feb 17, 2006
In Part Two of his series, database administration expert Baya Pavliashvili explores the challenges involved in building and maintaining a warehousing solution using a simple database warehouse.

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