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Troubleshooting SQL Server - A Guide For The Accidental DBA
Troubleshooting SQL Server - A Guide For The Accidental DBA

By Jonathan Kehayias, Ted Krueger, Jonathan Kehayias. Ted Krueger, Gail Shaw

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We spend much of our working life trying to help people solve SQL Server-related performance problems, either hands-on, during consulting, or on various online community forums. Over the years, we'...

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Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices
Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices

By Chris Shaw, Jason Strate, Glenn Berry, Louis Davidson, Jeremy Lowell, Jonathan Gardner, Ben Debow, Jesper Johansen, Bradley Ball, Grant Fritchey, Jes Borland, Herve Roggero, Kellyn Pot'Vin, Gail Shaw, Carlos Bossy, Mladen Prajdi, Wendy Pastrick, TJay Belt, Bradley Ball, TJay Belt, Glenn Berry, Jes Borland, Carlos Bossy, Louis Davidson, Ben DeBow, Grant Fritchey, Jonathan Gardner, Jesper Johansen, Jeremy Lowell, Wendy Pastrick, Kellyn Pot’Vin, Mladen Prajdić, Herve Roggero, Chris Shaw, Gail Shaw, Jason Strate (Auth.), Chris/ Belt, T. Jay/ Berry, Glenn/ Borland, Jes/ Bossy, Carlos Shaw

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Pro SQL Server 2012 Practicesis an anthology of high-end wisdom from a group of accomplished database administrators who are quietly but relentlessly pushing the performance and feature envelope of...

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SQL Server Transaction Log Management
SQL Server Transaction Log Management

By Tony Davis, Gail Shaw

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When a SQL Server database is operating smoothly and performing well, there is no need to be particularly aware of the transaction log, beyond ensuring that every database has an appropriate backup...

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